Dry boats
The county boat inspection program seems to be functioning. “By 2 p.m. Saturday, inspectors at Anderson Lake had climbed into…
Category: Water (page 3)
The virtual river
Barry Nelson, the director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Western Water Project, writes in this essay in the San…
Harvesting the rain
The Sacramento Bee (probably my all-time favorite newspaper name) has run a couple articles lately about rainwater harvesting. Columnist Dan…
Reduce, reuse, recycle II
Assemblymember Paul Krekorian, D-Burbank, is currently carrying AB 2153, which would require new development to mitigate new water use. Krekorian’s…
No budget yet
I haven’t experienced SCVWD budget workshops before, but the ones this week are, by the Board’s report, much more detailed…
Mussel beach
The Nevada Appeal (I love newspaper names) is running a series of articles on invasive mussels, in particular, their threat…
Cry me a river
This morning was National River Cleanup Day, sponsored locally by Hands on Bay Area: I helped out on the Guadalupe…
While God created the world, the Dutch created the Netherlands
The Dutch Embassy has published a booklet outlining the similar delta management challenges faced by the Netherlands (where two-thirds of…
The third “R”
From the Contra Costa Times, an eloquent op-ed about recycled water all over the Bay Area. In the 21st century…