It isn’t often that it rains in L.A. for six days running, as it did last week. The inches Mother Nature dumped on us may not have cured the drought, but they did more than just wash our cars for free. They offered proof of what many water sustainability experts believe: that much of the water we need at home already falls from the sky and can reduce our dependence on ever-dwindling and expensive-to-import supplies.If only we could catch it.
read more: Setting up a home rain-catching system is easier than you might think.
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An expert in California’s delta told a panel of the National Academies of Sciences on Sunday that their decisions about the largest estuary on the West Coast could alter how Californians use water.
A report published by the PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California)…
Whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting about. — Mark Twain
On tonight’s CBS Evening News, a special series “Where America Stands” will look at the growing gap between our demand and supply of water.
Preview: America’s Water Crisis – Couric & Co. – CBS News
Oil was the major impetus for the wars of the 20th Century. Will water be the driving force for war in the 21st? In the new book (avail. January 5th) Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, journalist Steven Solomon argues that water is surpassing oil as the world’s scarcest critical resource.
“A fascinating and provocative work of history that shines new light on what is probably the biggest environmental and political challenge of our time. Steven Solomon’s brilliant book reveals how today’s planetary crisis of freshwater scarcity is recasting the world order and the societies in which we live.”
-Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
more on NPR: Will The Next War Be Fought Over Water?
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