According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, portions of south Florida are moving into drought conditions: Funny, Florida goes into and out of drought, like in 2001: If the current drought intensifies and spreads, probably the best set of water conservation … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drought
The California State Water Resources Control Board is issuing emergency water conservation regulations aiming at a 25% reduction in potable urban water use. Californians won’t be able irrigate their landscapes more than twice a week. Here’s the thing: most of Florida has been under that rule … Continue reading
Florida’s water management system is far from perfect but it has some advantages over California for drought management. For example: Florida has a unified water permitting system and a single water law doctrine for both surface and groundwater. California’s water law … Continue reading
David L. Sedlak, Engineering Professor at Berkeley, Deputy Director of the Berkeley Water Center, and 2014 winner of the Clarke Prize for excellence in water research, has written a book about water issues: Water 4.0. He rejects the usual structure of this kind … Continue reading
A Californian “civil servant who reads reports” blogs occasionally at “On the Public Record.” I want to enthusiastically recommend three particular posts published there a few days ago. The first is titled, New American Dustbowl, Mr. Heathcock, and two related ones follow it. The posts … Continue reading