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November 10, 2011

 

Recycled Water Pipeline Extension Completion Lauded by Public Officials
On November 10, 2011, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (Upper District) and its federal partner, U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation celebrated the completion of the $3.2 million Rosemead Extension Pipeline Project.  The event was held in Rosemead, CA at Edison International Headquarters, one of the five corporate partners receiving recycled water through this pipeline.
May 1, 2011
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Op-Ed by Shane Chapman
Shane Chapman: Water in SoCal: Too much, not enough ... never just right
El Nino, La Nina, flooding, drought, rising water rates. It can all be confusing, understandably frustrating – even cause for public criticism of those that manage our water supplies.

March 3, 2011
LA Daily News
Water in Calif. snowpack remains above average
JANUARY 1, 2011
Los Angeles Times
The Dry Garden: Does rain mean an end to drought?
Saturday may mark the start of the 2011 calendar year, but the 2011 water year, the 12-month cycle used by hydrologists and water managers, began on Oct. 1.
December 29, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Wet December brings nearly double the snowpack
State's mountain snow levels are 198% of normal, water officials say, and more rain is expected.
December 28, 2010
LA Daily News
Rainfall on track to end drought
The glass is not yet half-full, but drought-watchers are taking an optimistic view of Southern California's water supply after an unusually soggy first half of the region's rainy season.
November 28, 2010
The Sacramento Bee
Dan Walters: Water still on agenda for Brown
During the campaign, Jerry Brown was fairly vague on what he would do as governor, especially on how he would resolve the state's chronic budget problems.
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta's ecological decline is breathing new life into bypass proposals
A plan for a huge tunnel is the leading contender as the state looks for a way to save the delta at the same time it slakes thirsts in Southern California.
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
SGV Tribune , NOVEMBER 21, 2010
Our View: State water politics ever more complex
Tired of purely bad news from government agencies on the federal deficit, the state budget, local unemployment figures?
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
Daily News
Daily News editorial: This is no time to relax on water conservation in Southern California
THE economy may still be slumping along, jobs are still hard to come by and global warming isn't waning, but at least 2010 was a good water year in California.
OCTOBER 29, 2010
24/7 Wall Street

The Ten Biggest American Cities That Are Running Out Of Water
Some parts of the United States have begun to run low on water.
AUGUST 15, 2010
Pasadena Star-News

Stimulus dollars bring recycled water to Rosemead, San Gabriel Valley

Last year's $800 billion federal economic stimulus package is bringing something increasingly valuable to Rosemead parks, schools and businesses: recycled sewage water.
AUGUST 10, 2010
Los Angeles Times

California water bond pushed back to 2012
The Legislature approves a two-year delay, fearing a lack of voter support in November.
July 10, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Californians should use less delta water, report says
The State Water Board study provides new ammunition in the battle over the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a source of water for roughly two of three Californians.
June 30, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Schwarzenegger wants $11-billion water bond off the November ballot
California's governor says he needs to focus on the budget crisis. Polls show voters may not have the appetite for such borrowing when the state is in such dire financial straits.
JUNE 20, 2010
Los Angeles Times
California's drought may be over, but no one's rushing to lift restrictions
Precipitation has been above average this year and many state reservoirs are nearly full. But the long-term concerns that politicians and water districts have harped on for years aren't going away.
MAY 24, 2010
Stockton Record
Wet winter fails to ease Californians' water anxiety
Supporters of $11.1B bond take heart in survey
MARCH 23, 2010
The New York Times
Smart Water Meters Take Hold in California

Smart water meters are taking off in California, according to a forthcoming report from the California Energy Commission.
MARCH 3, 2010
Los Angeles Daily News
Wet winter builds above-average Sierra snowpack

California's wet winter has left an above-average snowpack in the Sierra Nevada...but the California Department of Water Resources cautioned that the winter rain and snow was not enough to fully offset three previous years of drought.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Below-normal water deliveries to Southern California still forecast

Storms have been steering clear of the region that drains into Lake Oroville, the main reservoir in the state system that sends supplies south..
JANUARY 25, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Is California's drought ending? It's too soon to say

Last week's storms had a healthy effect on the state's snowpack, but reservoir levels are still below normal. Forecasters disagree on the strength of El Niño conditions.
JANUARY 23, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Water conservation? The sky's the limit.

Setting up a home rain-catching system is easier than you might think.
JANUARY 11, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Gardening with the California natives

Ongoing drought underscores the reality that water-guzzling non-indigenous plants just don't belong here.

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