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The preference for government mandates reinforces the idea that water is not like other goods.

When on Aug. 15 Houston’s mayor announced restrictions on its outdoor water use, the city joined 795 other Texas water systems that are cutting down on water consumption in response to a persistent 10-month drought in the state.

The conservation mandate is the latest in a series of drought policies in Texas that have instituted water restrictions instead of price mechanisms, and raised questions over the most Read More >

Bongani Nkosi

It has become a “moral imperative” for major businesses operating in South Africa to adopt water saving schemes for their buildings, thereby helping the country sustain the declining resource.

CEO of car rental company Avis, Wayne Duvenage, did not mince his words at the Sustainable Water Resource Conference and Exhibition. The event, held in Kempton Park on 16 and 17 August, was attended by leading water experts and businesspeople and supported by the International Marketing Council of South Africa Read More >

By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer
Tulsa World News

Tulsa’s water usage spiked on Saturday shattering two records causing city officials Monday to prepare for possible voluntary rationing if the trend continues.

It takes two consecutive days of using 206 million gallons of water per day – or 94 percent of capacity – to enact water conservation efforts, said Clayton Edwards, director of the Water and Sewer Department.

Edwards said that Saturday’s water usage of 204 mgd broke the record of 190.5 mgd Read More >

BY HENRY BREAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Sure, it destroyed property values and put thousands of people out of work, but the collapse of the local construction market wasn’t all bad. At least it saved some water.

When builders stopped building, they also stopped dumping billions of gallons of water a year onto the ground to compact soil and control dust.

Figures from the Las Vegas Valley Water District chart the impact nicely. During fiscal year 2002, when local water use hit an all-time high, Read More >

La Verne is No. 2 in saving water
J.D. Velasco, Staff Writer
Contra Costa Times

La Verne stands above all but one city in Los Angeles and Orange counties for its water conservation.

Only the city of Los Angeles received a higher score in a survey by the Sierra Club, which studied water-related ordinances in the cities in the two counties. The cities were evaluated in 19 areas such as whether they require water-saving toilets and appliances for new construction, if they have restrictions Read More >

BY TARA SPINELLI
GUEST COLUMNIST
NUTLEY SUN

In the United States, most of us just turn on our taps and the water flows. The supply of clean water seems endless.

In reality, water is a scarce global resource. Only 1 percent of the Earth’s water is stored in readily usable sources. Even though water is renewable, the supply is decreasing faster than it can be replenished.

An average U.S. family uses about 127,000 gallons of water per year. In a year, two loads of laundry Read More >

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There are no mandatory water restrictions for residents in the City of Dallas… yet. On Friday the city asked both commercials and residential customers to “step up” their efforts to conserve.

City officials are hoping that by asking for voluntary compliance from customers they won’t have to impose mandatory restrictions.

“Currently, the system is operating as designed, and with the help of our customers’ increased water conservation efforts, we may be able to Read More >

In Las Vegas’ quest to quench its thirst, the city has a champion in Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Pat Mulroy. And she’s worried about our water, we all should be, too.

By Richard N. Velotta

As you watch the Colorado River blasting through Glenwood Canyon, just east of Glenwood Springs, 150 miles west of Denver, it’s hard to imagine water-shortage problems downstream. For about a half mile, the river churns violently over boulders and downed tree branches. It’s a whitewater Read More >

“We rarely even think about water.” says Charles Fishman, “but we won’t have that privilege much longer.”  WE LIVE VERY wet lives, but we have no idea just how wet.  The way we handle water insulates us not just from its wonders, but from any sense of how much water daily life requires.  The good news is that most of what we know about water isn’t really wrong, because we don’t know that much.  The bad news is that the Read More >

Marlin residents are reminded that voluntary water conservation measures are still in effect for all customers receiving water from the City of Marlin.

With the widespread drought conditions across the state of Texas and little rain in the forecast, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is urging public water suppliers to implement their drought contingency plans to avert water shortages.  There are six stages of increasing limitations in the city’s Drought Contingency Plan; right now Marlin is in stage one Read More >