Weekend Wrap-Up: Water Conservation; Executive Director Announcement
Welcome back! Here’s the weekend wrap-up:
At the top of the scroll: Water conservation headlines made news over the weekend. Among the articles were the following: “More Than 255,000 Homes and Businesses Still Don’t Have Water Meters Statewide,” San Jose Mercury News; “How Much Water a Community Gulps Varies Across the Sacramento Region” and “State Officials: Don’t Water Your Lawn,” The Sacramento Bee; “HOAs Get Real About Water Shortage,” U-T San Diego; and “California’s Drought-prone Pattern Forcing Farmers to Adapt,” San Francisco Chronicle.
New Executive Director: “Former Journalist Named to Head Water Education Foundation; Jennifer Bowles Replaces Longtime Executive Director Rita Schmidt Sudman” headlined the Foundation’s March 10 news release.
Western Water Magazine: The latest issue of the Foundation’s Western Water is titled “Overdrawn at the Bank: Managing California’s Groundwater.”
Aquafornia Water Word of the Week: Aquapedia, the Foundation’s interactive online water encyclopedia, contains vetted information from an objective source. Read the post, “Desalination: Aquafornia Water Word of the Week.”
Last Week’s Top Stories: The most viewed story was “Reservoirs Rising But Still Well Below Normal,” from Capital Public Radio. Excluding news articles, “A Novel Way to Save 10 Gallons of Water a Day,” an editorial from the San Luis Obispo Tribune, received the most views.