conservation: CALIFORNIA WATER: CRISIS ON TAP FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - 04/23/09 12:34 PM
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California took an action unseen since the early 1990s. On April 14, Metropolitan's board voted to cut water deliveries, while phasing in price increases, to local water agencies.
While the State has certainly suffered from the effects of its first multi-year drought since 1987-1992, we are also paying for costly environmental regulations. Local agencies have made considerable strides to enhance local supplies and improve efficiency. However, legal and bureaucratic red tape is shrinking water deliveries even as demand grows.
In 2007, a federal judge issued a ruling that reduced pumped water from the San Joaquin … (0 comments)

conservation: CITY OF CORONA ADOPTS DROUGHT ORDINANCE - 04/20/09 06:24 AM
Recently the Corona City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2962 in response to drought conditions in the State of California. This drought ordinance sets forth guidelines for water conservation through five different stages of cut backs. It details activities which may be prohibited during times of water shortage emergencies, as well as consequences that the City may take in order to ensure compliance with these guidelines, including fines and penalties.
In the ordinance three activities are identified as unreasonable uses of water, and are prohibited at all times, throughout all Water Conservation Stages:
Allowing water to leave a person's property by drainage onto adjacent … (0 comments)

conservation: CALIFORNIA WATER SHORTAGE WILL IMPACT HOME VALUES! - 04/14/09 09:08 AM
The most precious of resources is becoming even more rare, more entangled in litigation and more a part of future home development than we know.  In the years to come, absent of any major victories, the lack of water stands the reach chance of stopping future home development in Southern California.  It's simple, do the math: Less homes due to EIR's not able to identify and secure long-term sustainable water supplies for new development means NO NEW HOMES. Couple that with a continued demand to live in Southern California and you clearly point to a demand that will soon outstrip supply … (0 comments)