Cool, Dry April in West, NOAA reports
Posted on | May 8, 2009 | No Comments
May 8, 2009, Asheville, NC — April 2009 rainfall and temperature statistics published by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Tags: April 2009 rainfall > chance of rain > Climate > Emily Green > NOA > Water
Another Reporter Looks at the Bathtub Ring in Lake Mead
Posted on | May 8, 2009 | No Comments
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
Posted on | May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
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
Posted on | May 6, 2009 | No Comments
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.”
Tags: AB32 > chance of rain > drought > Emily Green > landscape > restrictions > Water
Los Angeles Water Use Restrictions To Start June 1, 2009
Posted on | May 5, 2009 | No Comments
Sidewalk hose-downs, day-time watering, sprinkler run-off banned. The full ordinance.
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