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Aquafornia news July 14, 2014 Associated Press

Interns Follow Donner Party Through Utah

From the Associated Press:

A group of U.S. Bureau of Land Management interns trekked three days this week across a blistering stretch of Utah desert, recreating part of the 1846 path of the ill-fated Donner Party.

Aquafornia news July 14, 2014

Commentary: The Art of Water Recovery

From The New York Times, in a commentary by David Bornstein:

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that public water systems lose, on average, one-sixth of their water — mainly from leaks in pipes. The E.P.A. asserts that 75 percent of that water is recoverable.

Aquafornia news July 11, 2014

Commentary: My Trip Down the Most Endangered River in America

From CNN, in a commentary by John Sutter:

After three weeks and about 400 miles, I finished my kayaking (and walking) journey down the “most endangered” river in America: California’s San Joaquin. This page collects the tweets from my adventure.

Aquafornia news July 11, 2014

Commentary: What’s Your Favorite River? Here’s a Story About Mine

From CNN, in a commentary by John Sutter:

Three weeks and about 400 miles ago, I started a trip down the “most endangered” river in the United States, California’s San Joaquin. The underloved river is born in the Sierra Nevada and snakes across one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, California’s Central Valley.

Aquafornia news June 18, 2014 Marin Independent Journal

SPAWN Proposes Buying Homes in San Geronimo Valley to Protect Coho

From the Marin Independent Journal:

Environmentalists who want to bolster endangered coho salmon populations are hoping to launch an initiative to purchase homes along San Geronimo Creek, make them fish-friendly, then return them to market at affordable prices.

Aquafornia news May 30, 2014

Commentary: A Historic Course Change on the Colorado River

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal, in a commentary by David Festa and John Entsminger:

“Today, there is water flowing in the Colorado River Delta — where water has not flowed regularly for half a century — all because water managers, conservation organizations and policymakers in both the United States and Mexico were able to find common ground. … Someone cue music heralding the ‘new era of Western water management.’”

Aquafornia news May 27, 2014 Bureau of Reclamation

News Release: New Grand Coulee Laser Light Show Debuts May 24

From the Bureau of Reclamation:

“The Bureau of Reclamation will begin showing the new laser light show ‘One River, Many Voices’ May 24 at Grand Coulee Dam [in Washington].

Aquafornia news May 13, 2014 NPR

Each Page Of ‘A Drinkable Book’ Kills Bacteria In Drinking Water

From NPR:

“The organization WaterisLife is developing a ‘Drinkable Book’ that not only teaches water safety but can actually be used to treat drinking water.”

DWR Spotlight: Preparing for the Future

From the California Department of Water Resources (DWR):

“Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom brought his technology and institutional change message to the Resources Building Auditorium on Monday, May 12, as a guest of the DWR Enterprise Geographic Information Systems Committee.”

Aquafornia news May 8, 2014

Blog: Along the Road to Sustainability

From EPA Connect: The Official Blog of EPA’s Leadership, in a post by Bob Perciasepe:

“The EnviroAtlas combines hundreds of separate data layers developed through a collaboration between EPA researchers and their partners from around the country, including the U.S Geological Survey, the U.S. Forest Service, states, and a number of non-profit organizations and universities.”

Turlock Irrigation District’s New Canal Gates Measure Water More Accurately

From The Modesto Bee:

“The TID [Turlock Irrigation District] has started to fit its canal gates – the openings that let water into fields and orchards – with higher-tech devices that constantly measure the flow.”

Coarsegold Company on Cutting Edge of Low-flow Showerheads

From The Fresno Bee:

“Inventor David Malcolm always believed the low-flow showerhead he created would do well. But even he has been surprised by the boost in business his tiny Coarsegold company — High Sierra Showerheads — has been getting lately.”

High Sierra Showerheads Inventor Goes with Flow Amid Drought

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

“While the California drought has devastated some farms and businesses, it has been a boon for High Sierra Showerheads.”

Aquafornia news April 24, 2014 KQED Science Blog

Blog: In California Drought, Desperation May Make Water Flow Uphill

From the KQED Science Blog:

“Desperate times call for desperate measures, and California’s severe drought is already inspiring a few.

“Water districts in the San Joaquin Valley are proposing a drought tactic that’s never been tried: they want to reverse the state’s plumbing by running the California Aqueduct backwards.”

Bucket Brigade Seeks to Revive Dry Creek with Salmon Pellets

From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:

“They’re less slimy, and certainly less smelly, than a fish carcass would be. But the dry, brown pellets that biologists distributed Tuesday in a backwater channel of Dry Creek may prove to be the vitamin that once-prolific North Coast salmon streams need.”

Aquafornia news April 23, 2014 Desert Sun

Editorial: Tesla ‘Gigafactory’ Would Fit Fine By Salton Sea

From The Desert Sun:

“Tesla Motors should build its “gigafactory” next to the Salton Sea so it can have easy access to lithium extracted from recycled brine from geothermal plants.”

Views on Food: Outsmarting the Drought

From The Sacramento Bee:

“The fear of scarce water is really the fear of scarce food.

“In its third year, the drought has already forced California growers to leave 800,000 farm acres unplanted this year, says Dave Kranz of the California Farm Bureau.”

Stanford University to Construct Water Recovery Testing Center on Campus

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:

“Construction will begin in May for a $3.5 million water recovery testing center at Stanford University, partly funded by a Santa Cruz couple.

“The William and Cloy Codiga Resource Recovery Center, expected to be completed in February, will test new technologies intended to recover clean water, energy and materials from wastewater.”

NASA Measures Snowpack in California, Colorado

From the Associated Press:

“The snowpack atop mountain peaks in California and Colorado has a new set of eyes watching from high above to better gauge the amount of water that will rumble down rivers and streams each spring as runoff.

“In a new mission, NASA fixed a lumbering twin-engine plane with high-tech equipment to make regular snow surveys, starting last weekend in drought-stricken California before the weather front expected to bring snow to the Sierra this week.”

Aquafornia news March 18, 2014 Marin Independent Journal

Marin Research on Human Waste Compost Could Benefit Planet

From the Marin Independent Journal:

“On a ranch in West Marin researchers are looking at ways human waste could help stem global warming while keeping pasture lands fertile and healthy.

“Backers of the research also say using the material could save millions of gallons of fresh water and keep chemicals out of aquatic ecosystems.”

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