Tag: drought
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UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages
Photo Credit: Kelly Fike/USFWS The UN’s annual World Water Development Report 2018 has highlighted the need to use nature to combat the challenges of a growing population and climate change. In its detailed analysis, the report demonstrates that demand for water is increasing in developing countries, while simultaneously access is being put at risk by…
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California Water Savings Dwindle When Drought Fears Subside
Public perception of drought risk influences how people use water resources. New research sheds light on how public awareness could shift behaviors toward long-term water conservation. Credit: bozhdb/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Policy changes and media attention affect how much water Californians use, as well as how long these behaviors prevail. Could public awareness shift behaviors…
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U.S.A. drought at worst level in nearly 4 years
California’s first measure of snowpack for 2018 is coming up well below levels recorded the same time last year. And there are concerns the drier start this winter could send the state back into drought. —AP The dry times are back. Drought has returned with a vengeance across much of the United States, with the…
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Share the Wealth: A Cap-And-Trade System of Water Conservation and Resiliency?
California has struggled with drought for most of the last decade. From 2011–2015, the state experienced the driest four-year stretch in recorded history, leading to unprecedented water restrictions for residents, including a state mandate to reduce water use by 25 percent. Heavy precipitation last winter relieved much of California, but dry conditions linger. Wildfires raged…
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Submeters: A New Incentive for California Tenants to Save Water
Photo: An apartment building in the Westlake section of Los Angeles. A new California law requires water meters to be installed at individual apartments starting with new developments in 2018. Debra Carlton with the California Apartment Association explains how this will work. Mark J. Terrill, AP A new state law requires water meters to be…
