Monthly Archives: June 2007

Marin County Water Conservation Efforts

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Larry

To all water users, Novato water users will be required to begin conserving on July 1 after a vote by the North Marin Water District Tuesday night. That means some 60,000 Novato area residents will be prohibited from washing sidewalks, … Continue reading →

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15% Water Conservation Plans Discussion Meeting

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Larry

Discussion of all the proposed contractor/SCWA 15% water conservation plans will happen at the next WAC/TAC meeting: Monday July 2, 9am SR Laguna Treatment Plant offices/ meeting room, 4300 Llano Rd. This is open to the public, and will be … Continue reading →

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Graywater Systems Conserves Water

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Larry

Water, Water, Everywhere, But After hitting this weekend’s BALLE conference (Business Alliance for Local living Economies) at UC Berkeley, there was a question that came up during the Sustainable Cities panel I was on regarding how to implement graywater systems. … Continue reading →

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SWRCB’s Order for Water Agency’s Mandatory Conservation

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Larry

Attached are the Order for minimum streamflows and mandatory conservation from SWRCB issued yesterday 6/13/07, and the press release from SCWA announcing the mandatory conservation. http://www.scwa.ca.gov/documents/ORDERWR2007-0021.pdf The SWRCB order (see page 9) requires, among other things, that SCWA provide plans … Continue reading →

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Public Workshop to Discuss Controlling Excess Sediment

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Larry

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region. _________________________________________________ The Draft Measures to Control Excess Sediment, which includes a prohibition and implementation plan, was released by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control … Continue reading →

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Waterboard’s Mandate for Water Agency Water Conservation

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Larry

Well I have just finished reading the order, and like in 2004 we won half a loaf, but it may be better than that. The SWCRB mandated that SCWA make “a 15% reduction in diversions from the Russian River to … Continue reading →

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Russian River Water Users Ordered to Divert 15% Less

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Larry

BEN BROWN The Daily Journal June 2007 Water users along the Russian River watershed will need to start practicing “mandatory conservation” following Thursday’s announcement by the State Water Resources Control Board that users must reduce the amount of water they … Continue reading →

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Article – FPA Letter

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Larry

To: Sonoma County Water Agency FPA against Lo-Flow without other mandatory conservation measures. Forestville Planning Association P.O. Box 184 Forestville, California 95436 Tuesday, May 08, 2007 General Manager/Chief Engineer Sonoma County Water Agency P.O. Box 11628 Santa Rosa, CA 95406 … Continue reading →

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News Conference of SCWA’s Mandatory Conservation

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Larry

KCBS-TV has posted the entire SCWA 6/14 news conference on Mandatory Conservation Orders at: http://cbs5.com/environment/local_story_164203446.html 33 minutes and 35 seconds of unedited pure delight, with all the details you’ve been waiting for… The adjacent posted broadcast news clip also has … Continue reading →

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Turning Water into Wine

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Larry

To water grapevines or not—the roots of the wine industry’s next great controversy Alice Feiring, Special to The Chronicle June 2007 For years, I took the New World’s thirst for vineyard irrigation for granted. I believed what I was told: … Continue reading →

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