California plan seeks to make water conservation a ‘way of life’
Working to make water conservation a top priority, California state agencies recently released a draft plan for achieving long-term efficient…
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EPA Recognizes 2016 WaterSense Partners of the Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is honoring 20 businesses, municipalities, utilities and organizations for their commitment to protecting the environment…
Beyond Water Resources Planning
According to the U.S. EPA, there are nearly 69,000 drinking water and wastewater systems in the United States. According to water.org, the average American uses nearly 65,000 gallons of water in a year.
Conservation Conversation: Denver Water Campaign Helps Cut Use by 20 Percent
In 2002, the worst drought in 300 years dehydrated the State of Colorado, leaving it a crispy brown tinderbox.Denver Water scrambled to adapt. The northern side of Denver?s collection system only has about a fourth of the water that?s available on the southern end of the system. This already-smaller north side was dangerously close to running dry, forcing operators to jury-rig a distribution system that would deliver water from the south side to the parched north.
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