Cool, Dry April in West, NOAA reports
May 8, 2009, Asheville, NC — April 2009 rainfall and temperature statistics published by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Another Reporter Looks at the Bathtub Ring in Lake Mead
For those who think water comes from the faucet, a look, this time in a “Good” blog, at where it comes from before it reaches the spigot.…
Survey Shows Little Media Connection Between Climate Change and Drought
Exloco / Carpe Diem March 2009 Media Survey shows a failure of mainstream media to connect prolonged drought in the West with climate change. Scientists, however, have made the leap. Here is the link to the JPL / Caltech researchers who first alerted Arizona, Nevada and Californian water agencies to a looming crisis on the Colorado river.…
Californians must find way to cut water use by 20%, says Riverside County Supervisor and former MWD Director
In a Desert Sun editorial, Marion Ashley gives this agenda for the Riverside County Water Symposium, May 28 at the Palm Springs Convention Center: Find “ways to meet the state’s goal of cutting water use by 20 percent, meeting the requirements of greenhouse gas bill AB32, unveiling a new landscape ordinance, funding much-needed water infrastructure and advocating for a solution to managing the Bay Area delta.”
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Los Angeles Water Use Restrictions To Start June 1, 2009
Sidewalk hose-downs, day-time watering, sprinkler run-off banned. The full ordinance.…
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