Archive for Water Agencies
EBMUD To Raise Rates: Time For Graywater Recycling
Posted by: | CommentsApril 14th, 2009
It really shouldn’t come as a surprise that the East Bay Municipal Utility District is planning to raise water rates some 7.5% this year and next. Not judging the decision, the wallet is certainly the place that most people will finally wake up to the ongoing drought we are facing and start practicing good water conservation…even if EBMUD does call off rationing in the late summer. This is a good time to start planning a graywater recyling or rainwater harvesting system in the home. Read the entire article in today’s Contra Costa Times here.
The Double Whammy - Get Less, Pay More $
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April 12, 2009
It’s not news to most people tuned into water conservation, but the double whammy is that we’ll all be asked to use less water while paying more for it. The California Rainwater Harvester that I installed in my home is part of my own water conservation effort to reduce my water bill this summer (my EBMUD water bill last summer skyrocketed!!) I can’t put the extra tanks in fast enough! You can get the manual for that system here.
Here’s an article in the Whittier Daily News about getting less….paying more.
It appears likely that water imported to the Southland is about to get more expensive and less available.
The cumulative effects of the state’s third year of drought and a judge’s effort to avoid ecological collapse in northern rivers are finally taking their toll in a very real way.
The Metropolitan Water District, the agency that distributes imported water throughout Southern California, is expected to approve Tuesday two separate plans that would increase the cost of imported water by 40 percent and cut availability to water agencies by 10 to 15 percent. Click here to read the entire article.
