Urban water conservation/use

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

June 16, 2015

Paula Kehoe discusses how San Francisco’s implementation of on-site water treatment systems in large buildings is saving millions of gallons...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Riverside, Calif., Fights Governor Brown’s Water-Reduction Order

Courthouse News Service

June 8, 2015

By Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service The city of Riverside is fighting California’s order to cut its water use by...

This just in … Urban Water Conservation Improves in April Ahead of June 25 Percent Conservation Mandate

June 2, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With a mandatory average conservation rate of 25 percent beginning this month for...

This just in … State Water Board Adopts 25 Percent Mandatory Water Conservation Regulation

May 6, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With emergency drought conditions persisting throughout California, the State Water Resources Control Board...

State Water Board Posts Revised Emergency Regulations to Achieve 25% Urban Water Conservation

April 28, 2015

The State Water Resources Control Board has posted the revised draft emergency regulations to achieve 25% conservation, along with a...

Delta challenges workshop, part 2: Water supply reliability and its challenges

Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

April 22, 2015

Panelists discuss water operations and supply, climate change, the regulatory environment, water conservation, and water supply economics Earlier this year, ...

Guest Commentary: Water conservation target framework flawed, says John Kingsbury with the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association

John Kingsbury

Commentary

April 16, 2015

From John Kingsbury at the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association: “On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, the State Water Resources Control...

This just in … Urban Water Conservation Plummets In February

April 7, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With April snow measured at its lowest level on record, the State Water...

This just in … Governor Brown Directs First Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions

Governor Jerry Brown

April 1, 2015

From the Office of the Governor: Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in...

Responding to drought: Options for demand-side management (or … which water conservation programs actually work?)

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

March 18, 2015

Pricing, programs, pleading, prohibiting, pressuring, and plastering … what’s the most effective approach to get consumers to use less? UC...

This just in … State Water Board Expands and Extends Emergency Water Conservation Regulation

March 17, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: “As California enters a fourth year of severe drought, the State Water Resources...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Imposes Limits on Watering Lawns

Courthouse News Service

Planning and management

March 17, 2015

By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service California’s water regulator Tuesday imposed statewide mandatory water restrictions, limiting outdoor watering to two...

Legal options for water providers in times of drought

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 17, 2015

The Water Code, Prop 218, Prop 26 and more … Attorney Kelly Salt reviews the legal provisions in the State...

Urban Water Conservation Drops From 22 Percent to Near 9 Percent in January; Additional Mandatory Conservation Measures to be Considered March 17