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Conservation – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. First Looks: The LADWP 2015 Draft UWMP – Hiding the Shortage. After spending a few weeks paging through the just released LADWP 2015 Draft Urban Water Management Plan, my immediate conclusion is that the plan is a thinly disguised effort to hide the city’s low water supply levels from the planning process to protect development. This draft, like past UWMP’s, continues to project levels of water in all supply categories […]. On The Public Record.

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Dissecting L.A.’s Water Supply – Conservation & Stormwater Capture – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. Dissecting L.A.’s Water Supply – Conservation & Stormwater Capture. With the availability of imported water dramatically falling. And local supplies (recycled water and groundwater) not meeting projections, the LADWP had to scramble to come up with ways to develop new supplies or create the perception of sufficient supplies. For future growth. Or both. 8216; and ‘. The third will be discussed at a later date. There is a problem with this descript...

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Colorado River Aqueduct – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. Tag: Colorado River Aqueduct. LA’s Losing Access to Water. This is Part II of a series describing L.A.’s water supply problems and the policies that produced it. As remarkable as L.A.’s water supply growth was in its first 75 years, city’s residents would be stunned by the loss of supply since 1985 if they were aware of it. For awhile optimism crept into the water plans and the city […]. LA’s Water Chronology. LA's Growing Access to Water. On LAD...

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Google Earth – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. LA Aqueduct on Google Earth. For those of you interested in seeing the LA Aqueduct up close on Google Earth. Download the LA Aqueduct KML in the library on the right and open it in Google Earth. This a pared down version of my more complete KML but it still has a lot of stuff to explore. Over the next […]. LA’s Water Chronology. LA's Growing Access to Water. LA's Losing Access to Water. First Looks: The LADWP 2015 Draft UWMP Hiding the Shortage.

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Drought – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. Would ‘Lose the Lawn’ Solve L.A.’s Water Problem? Would “Lose the Lawn” solve the City of Los Angeles’s water problem? LA’s Water Chronology. LA's Growing Access to Water. LA's Losing Access to Water. First Looks: The LADWP 2015 Draft UWMP Hiding the Shortage. California’s Challenge to Reliable Water isn’t Infrastructure. It’s RHNA. The WSA - Bringing Imaginary Water to L.A.’s Big Projects. LA's Drought and Growth are Built on Paper Water. On Tho...

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LA City Water Assessments Edge into the Absurd – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. LA City Water Assessments Edge into the Absurd. Water supply assessments for two large projects have been approved by the LADWP water resource planners and is coming to the City of Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners on June 2 for approval. The LADWP cites its own 2010 UWMP claiming there is sufficient water for these two projects through the year 2035, and enough for all other “existing and planned future demands”. Can approve the...

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How Effective is L.A.’s Conserving Water by the Glass? – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. How Effective is L.A.’s Conserving Water by the Glass? City of Los Angeles Emergency Water Conservation Order regulations prohibit restaurants and other public places from serving water to customers unless they specifically ask for a glass of water. So how much of a reduction of water does this city ordinance make and does it have any practical effect on reducing L.A.’s demand? Under this scenario, restaurants would serve about 9.6 million ga...

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Water Conservation Ordinance – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. Category: Water Conservation Ordinance. How Effective is L.A.’s Conserving Water by the Glass? City of Los Angeles Emergency Water Conservation Order regulations prohibit restaurants and other public places from serving water to customers unless they specifically ask for a glass of water. So how much of a reduction of water does this city ordinance make and does it have any practical effect on reducing L.A.’s demand? We’ll set […]. You Can’...

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First Aqueduct – DroughtMath

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A Critical look at the City of L.A.'s Water Supply Policy. LA Aqueduct on Google Earth. For those of you interested in seeing the LA Aqueduct up close on Google Earth. Download the LA Aqueduct KML in the library on the right and open it in Google Earth. This a pared down version of my more complete KML but it still has a lot of stuff to explore. Over the next […]. LA’s Water Chronology. LA's Growing Access to Water. LA's Losing Access to Water. First Looks: The LADWP 2015 Draft UWMP Hiding the Shortage.