Posts Tagged ‘grey water’
Water Wars: The Floodgates Have Opened!
February 3rd, 2010 | 
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Wow. Two weeks ago I posted a short film I did with Patrick Benson on LA's tenuous relationship with water. And as I often do weekly, I posted the link to most of the LinkedIn groups to which I belong. From a bird's eye view, the results were interesting: I think few actually watched the film, but I sure got a lot of comments based on my title, which was "Is water really the next oil?"
The discussions are still flying on LinkedIn. Most were engaging, and I was so overwhelmed I wasn't able to reply to all of them. (more...)
A Watershed Moment in LA
Last week's rains reminded me of the fragility of our water supply in Southern California. While the rain is always welcome for its clearing of the air and the resulting soft green carpets that cover Los Angeles, I cannot help but wonder where all that precious water is going. Most of us are concerned over landslides, but if you live in the beach communities, you are often reminded after a rain, you cannot swim for several days because pollution levels in the water spike.
Before Los Angeles County became home to 10 million people, you had the untouched Los Angeles and San Gabriel watershed. Water from snow and rain ended up in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, and eventually flowed into the Pacific Ocean. During the 20th century, both rivers were subjected to dams and concrete channeling, and runoff from areas paved with asphalt and cement completely changed the rivers' ecology (or technically, hydrology), resulting in many endangered and many lost species. (more...)
Paris: A Perfect Storm
With all the fretting Los Angeles civic leaders and residents have about our city's water supply, we could take a look at Mulholland Drive, and then nine time zones away to see what's going on in Paris. Los Angeles has a dry climate--but on average the city receives about 15 inches of water a year--not enough to water everyone's lawns and support non-native palm trees, but plenty to justify the investment in better storm water trapping and storage infrastructure.
Posted in International, water | 
Tags: France, grey water, Los Angeles, Paris, rainwater harvesting, TreePeople | 
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A Main Water Problem
Journalists, and yes, of course, bloggers, are up in arms over the recent water main problems in Los Angeles. Drive somewhere in our City of Angels, see a road dug up, and chances are a water main has burst, sending city employees in a tizzy who would rather make sure that Mayor Antonio’s one million trees die in supermarket parking lots.
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Posted in politics, water |
Tags: grey water, ladwp, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Aqueduct, water rationing, William Mulholland |
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