Results for keyword: water conservation
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When Peter Gleick fell, California's water world lost big
After he impersonated a Heartland Institute board member, gadfly scientist and Pacific Institute head Peter Gleick has been persona non grata. But California water bosses may miss his fierce intellect.
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 24, 2012 -
The problem of Western water is not what you think
Water conservation in the West is ultimately just a waste of time.
by William deBuys, Sep 21, 2010 -
Here's to a water czar with the unlikely name of Chips
The late "Chips" Barry, executive director of Denver Water Board, changed that formidable institution for the best.
by Allen Best, May 25, 2010 -
Warning: Water policy faces an age of limits
New water projects and giant pipelines will do nothing to solve the West's drought and its increasing water shortage.
by Dan McCool, Apr 22, 2010 -
Sometimes water can cost way too much
Aaron Million's plan to pump Green River water from Wyoming to Colorado's Front Range is unlikely to succeed because it's just too darn expensive.
by Chuck Howe, Apr 08, 2010 -
One man's salt must not burden another man's water
The little farming town of Mancos, Colo., is finding ways to remove salt from its water and make irrigation more efficient during drought.
by Tom Wolf, Jul 24, 2009 -
When neighbors become cops
As mandatory water conservation becomes more common in the West, many communities are asking residents to report water-wasters.
by Jonathan Parkinson, May 21, 2009 -
Environmentalists must learn to compromise
Environmentalists opposed to desalination plants are indulging in wishful thinking, because conservation is not enough to provide the arid West with water during a drought.
by Jonathan Parkinson, Mar 31, 2009 -
Gray water, green living
Brian Moore has retrofitted his house in Phoenix, Ariz., to enable him to re-use water and live more sustainably
by Hilary Watts, Jan 23, 2006 -
Weighing our water options
As the rapidly growing city of Las Vegas, Nev., schemes to find more water, it reminds those of us who live outside big cities that we also need to rethink the way we use water
by Paul Larmer, Sep 19, 2005
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