by Richard | Apr 8, 2022 | Drought, Industry News, Science, Technology, Water Conservation
This article published last year does a great job of explaining why there’s no simple solution to dealing with drought … Have you seen the U.S. Drought Monitor’s map lately? It’s not good. Especially for one half of the country. More than 98% of the...
by Richard | Mar 11, 2022 | Drought, Flood Sensors, Industry News, Science, Toilet Sensors, Water Conservation, Water Law
The start of this year has been the driest in California’s history. With the severe drought now in a third year, the state faces depleted reservoirs, a meager snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and a worsening water shortage on the Colorado River. Under sunny blue skies in...
by Richard | Dec 20, 2021 | Drought, Flood Sensors, Industry News, Science, Toilet Sensors, Water Conservation, Water Law
The Colorado River’s worsening water supply outlook has led Arizona, California and Nevada to commit at least $100 million over the next two years to reduce consumption dramatically and keep more water in Lake Mead. It’s not as though no one saw a crisis coming...
by Richard | Dec 10, 2021 | Drought, Industry News, Science
Water agencies in drought-stricken California that serve 27 million residents and 750,000 acres of farmland won’t get any of the water they have requested from the state heading into 2022 other than what’s needed for critical health and safety, state officials...
by Richard | Nov 18, 2021 | Drought, Science, Water Conservation
A severe drought prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom last summer to ask the state’s nearly 40 million residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15% this year. New data released Tuesday shows few people are doing that. Californians reduced their water use by a...
by Paul Schraeder | Nov 9, 2021 | Drought, Science, Water Conservation
In 2002, Utah was reeling from four years of dry conditions that turned the state “into a parched tinderbox,’’ as the Associated Press reported at the time. “Drought Could Last Another 1-2 years,” the headline proclaimed. Right on time, in 2004, the Salt Lake Tribune...
