Category: Solutions
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Sunny Slope Water Company Shifts Contamination Costs to Polluters
Water Finance & Management Across the country, water suppliers are discovering harmful contaminants in their water source and facing the question of how to pay for cleanup. While the supplier, the contaminant and the impacted community vary from case to case, one solution has proved effective across the board: make manufacturers pay for the costly…
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After the dams: Restoring the Klamath River will take billions of native seeds
Photo: Yurok tribal member and Fish Technician 1 Frank Henry Jr. works alongside Iron Gate Reservoir in Feb. 2023. The reservoir will be drained when Iron Gate Dam is removed as part of the Klamath River restoration. Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the…
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Ducks Unlimited’s California Projects Show Why Wetlands Can Help With Floods
Photo: San Luis National Wildlife Refuge’s East Bear Creek Unit earlier this fall before it was inundated with floodwaters. Before Californians built a network of levees and dams to keep cities from flooding, the rivers that formed the Central Valley each winter would spill out of their channels. In the wettest years, they’d flood to…
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UN delegates ‘High Seas Treaty’ protects marine biodiversity in international waters
Photo: Unsplash/Thomas Kelley Marine biologists have discovered that whales capture tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. “This action is a victory for multilateralism and for global efforts to counter the destructive trends facing ocean health, now and for generations to come,” said the UN chief in a statement issued by his Spokesperson late Saturday evening…
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Water Districts Aim To Go Greener By Cutting Out Ornamental Grass
Though recent snow and rainfall have certainly improved drought conditions, California water officials still want to make every drop of water count. That means cutting out the watering of decorative grass — also known as non-functional turf — frequently landscaped at traffic medians or office parking lots. Decorative grass is becoming a bigger problem for…
