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California Drought Plans Can Help The World
No doubt, California is in the middle of an extreme drought and we all need to pitch in to do what we can to conserve water and come up with solutions. Drought is a worldwide problem right now, affecting over 1.5 billion people. Luckily, California has the resources, leadership and brain trust to develop systems […]
Burbank Fines Water Wasters
Beginning its crackdown on water-waters, Burbank officials issued $100 fines to 16 residents who violated the city’s water- conservation regulations, the city announced Tuesday.Burbank is under orders from the state to reduce its overall water use by 28 percent to help meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandate for a 25 percent reduction in use statewide. Burbank’s […]
California Orders Unprecedented Water Rationing To Combat Drought
On April 1st every year at Lake Tahoe Basin, California measures the snowpack to determine the amount of water the state can expect for the year. But this year – and this is no joke – the state measured a snowpack that was 5% of what is normally expected. Not 5% less – only 5% […]
MWD Acts To Bolster Water Supply
With the state facing a fourth straight drought year, the Metropolitan Water District board voted Tuesday to spend up to $71 million to bolster the Southern California region’s available supply. The board’s vote authorizes the MWD to secure up to 100,000 acre-feet of additional supplies through one-year water transfers with Sacramento Valley water districts. An […]
Amazing Video Shows Drought Time Lapse
This video created by the California US Drought Monitor shows a time lapse of the drought conditions from November 2011 until now. The drought starts to reach epic proportions in 2014. We all need to do what we can to save water! #conservewater #shortershowers #takefive #thecaliforniashower #drought
It’s Official… Cali’s Worst Drought In 1,200 Years
You have to go back to the year 814 to experience a worse drought than what we are seeing right now in California- a time when the Vikings were invading Europe and the Chinese were developing gun powder.According to a recent study by the University of Minnesota, by analyzing tree rings that date back to […]
Welcome Rain Brings Mudslides And Little Relief
While California is seeing some much needed rainfall, there is still a long way to go before we get back to normal. About 49 inches more of this kind of rain. The rain is causing mandatory evacuations in parts of California due to mudslides. We all still need to focus on water conservation. Read more […]
What a Mega-Drought Would Look (and Taste) Like in California
We might be a few years away from attaining the ominous ‘mega-drought’ status in California, but an article by Alisa Opar in OnEarth gives us a glimpse as to what the effects of such a massive drought will have on how we live and the food we are able to grow. Check out the full […]
Watch California Dry Up Before Your Eyes
“This is a big deal,” California Governor Jerry Brown said at a ceremony Tuesday as he signed into law a trio of bills regulating, for the first time, the state’s groundwater use. As of Thursday, almost 60 percent of the state is facing “exceptional drought,” the most severe level of dryness measured by the U.S. […]
