Category: Solutions
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Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling
Photo: A rooftop wetland on the Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco filters wastewater from sinks and showers for reuse. San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in…
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Restoring Rivers, Restoring Community
Healthy ecosystems are good for everyone in California—they provide us with abundant wildlife and fisheries, clean drinking water, and needed space in nature for recreation, among other benefits. Here at the PPIC Water Policy Center, we’ve studied restoration issues in the past—including the importance of restoring more natural flow patterns, improving permitting, and storing water for the environment.…
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Shorelines that Can Shapeshift AND Stay Put?
Photo: Mario Accordino, ESA. The shore remained elusive on the drizzly May morning as a crack technical team of expert engineers and scientists assembled near one of the oldest and biggest sandspits in the South Bay. Local cities had sounded the alarm last year when tides overwhelmed the sandspit and left a gaping breach. The…
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Putting Flood Waters to Work: State Expedites Efforts to Maximize Groundwater Recharge
Temporary diversion equipment provided by DWR is deployed by Fresno Irrigation District to divert excess water from Kings River to reduce flood risk and expand groundwater recharge. Photo taken April 27, 2023. Sacramento, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is implementing an emergency program to divert high river flows away from flood-prone Central…
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New tech permanently destroys “forever chemicals” in water
“Think Brita filter, but a thousand times better.” Credit: University of British Columbia A new treatment removes 99% of the harmful “forever chemicals” in water cheaply, safely, and permanently — ensuring they never end up back in the environment. “Think Brita filter, but a thousand times better,” said Madjid Mohseni, the researcher who developed the…
