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South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

June 16, 2011

The golf industry is often criticized when discussing the issue of water conservation. Using golf courses as the scapegoat in this individual, community and international problem is unfair. The golf industry has gone to great lengths and expense to significantly reduce the amount of water used. Additionally, golf courses are responsible for recycling a large percentage of reclaimed wastewater.

In response to golfers’ constant demand for superior playing conditions, as well as the desire to be Read More >

By Mike Lee
Originally published 4:13 p.m., June 14, 2011, updated 5:09 p.m., June 14, 2011

The Metropolitan Water District on Tuesday cut funding for conservation and supply programs in San Diego County over a legal spat with local water agencies, but it did leave some rebates for homeowners intact.

The decision will widen the gap between what county residents pay into the regional subsidy pot and what they get out — and increase the stakes in a year-old legal battle between the Read More >

DOW-endorsed transmountain diversion projects mitigation said to be ‘not enough’ by environment, recreation and landowner groups

By Janice Kurbjun
summit daily news

Landowner and recreation groups, together with Trout Unlimited, aren’t happy with a decision made late last week by the Colorado Division of Wildlife Commission to endorse a static Upper Colorado River Basin mitigation package submitted in April by Denver Water and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

The decision concluded a 60-day review of the Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Plans. The proposals now Read More >

By DAVID ROGERS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated: 10:51 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011
Posted: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2011

The extreme drought forcing West Palm Beach to limit its customers to once-a-week lawn watering is putting the town’s water conservation campaign on the front burner.

Though individuals, condominiums and businesses that have installed smart-irrigation systems have seen significant reductions in their water usage and bills, some of the town’s biggest water users have not heeded the call of the town and the Palm Read More >

June 8, Fatal floods have hit southern China since last Friday after a prolonged drought, putting those drought-stricken regions through more extreme conditions and throwing the spotlight on China’s unsolved water conservation projects.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are vulnerable to subtle changes in weather and it is mainly related to a year-long unsolved lag in the development of water conservation projects in rural areas, unnamed experts told China Business News.

Nearly half of the 85,000 reservoirs nationwide Read More >

By RAY HUARD rhuard@nctimes.com | Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 6:00 pm

An $11.8 million water conservation plan that emphasizes the use of reclaimed water and moves Oceanside toward its goal of providing at least half of the city’s water from local sources was adopted Tuesday by the City Council.

With Councilman Jack Feller leading a workshop in the absence of Mayor Jim Wood and Councilwoman Esther Sanchez, the council voted 3-0 to approve the plan, which lays out conservation Read More >

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By WJTV STAFF
Published: June 03, 2011

Many communities already are experiencing a tighter water supply, while 78% of consumers are looking for ways to cut household utility bills and energy costs.

The Responsible Bathroom Water Conservation Tour is hitting the road to bring water-saving solutions to consumers and plumbers.

The compelling forecasts include:

Water shortages are predicted to hit 36 states in the U.S. by 2013, according to a federal report.
One-third of all counties in the lower 48 states now face higher risks Read More >

ECOTUCSON

by Kate Kaemerle on Jun. 03, 2011, under Gray Water, Water Conservation

You pay for your water, why not use it twice? By using your home’s gray water – which can be diverted from your laundry room, bathroom sink and shower – you can reuse it for irrigating your landscape. Gray water is relatively clean and accounts for 50-80% of household water outside of toilet use.

Besides saving money on water use for irrigation, the benefits for the environment include: lower fresh Read More >