The Colorado WaterWise (CWW) is hosting its 2nd Annual Water Conservation Workshop on September 24, 2010 in Denver.  The CWW partnered with the CWCB, through a CWCB Water Efficiency Grant, to put on this workshop, titled “From the Mountain Top to the Tap:  Using Tools and Policy to Make Every Drop Count”.  Please save the date and sign up.
 

A new law in Colorado will help promote water conservation. Under a measure signed in April by Gov. Bill Ritter, water conservation requirements are being added to the state's plumbing code. The bill promotes use of water efficient plumbing fixtures and installation guidelines that meet or exceed national conservation guidelines.

Water conservation is a face with two sides: one is the obvious side of saving a resource crucial for sustaining life; the second — which is often neglected but emerging as a national priority — is the link to energy consumption and conservation.

Gov. Bill Ritter was in town Monday to sign four bills into law atop Ridges Basin Dam on the first day of a five-day bill-signing tour of the state. Ritter also was in town no doubt to help fellow Democrat Sen. Bruce Whitehead, who sponsored three of the four bills and is facing what's expected to be a close race to hang on to his seat in the Senate.

Water quantity and quality, conservation programs, the bark beetle problem and the nation's dairy industry was the focus Tuesday morning of a U.S. House Committee on Agriculture hearing to review agriculture policy in advance of the 2012 Food, Conservation and Energy Act, commonly referred to as the farm bill. Rick Cables, a regional forester with the U.S.

Los Angeles has grown by about a million people in the last three decades, but you wouldn't know it from the way water has been trickling out of taps and sprinklers. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported Monday that water usage in the city reached a 31-year low for the month of February, dropping more than 20% compared with the same period in 2007.

A blue-ribbon panel of scientists said Tuesday that the high-volume water main breaks that bedeviled Los Angeles last summer and fall were caused in part by the city's restrictions on lawn watering, and their findings could force the city to remake its strict water conservation policy.

With many states projecting that they’ll face water shortages in the coming years, smart water meters that provide real-time data on water use can help conserve dwindling supplies. Traditionally, consumers receive monthly or quarterly water bills, long after the resource has disappeared down the drain.

The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and 1980, according to water use estimates for 2005. Despite a 30 percent population increase during the past 25 years, overall water use has remained fairly stable according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report.

As the ancients and natives would attest, water conservation theory has been around since the beginning of time. Most societies that deal with a limited resource learn to use it wisely. The Anasazi were perfect examples. As rain catchers and chasers, they were a culture of true conservationists.