The San Francisco Public Utilities, Water System Improvement Program’s BAY TUNNEL PROJECT: Catch up on what’s happening with the first tunnel under San Francisco Bay. – SFPUCcommunications on YouTube.
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Posts Tagged ‘Water’
San Francisco, CA: SFPUC Bay Tunnel Project – April 2012
Monday, April 30th, 2012Rooftops to Rivers II
Thursday, November 17th, 2011NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
An estimated 10 trillion gallons a year of untreated stormwater runs off roofs, roads, parking lots, and other paved surfaces, often through the sewage systems, into rivers and waterways that serve as drinking water supplies and flow to our beaches, increasing health risks, degrading ecosystems, and damaging tourist economies. But cities of all sizes are saving money by employing green infrastructure as part of their solutions to stormwater pollution and sewage overflow problems
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Arizona American Water: White Tanks Regional Water Treatment Facility
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011Nestled at the base of the West Valley’s majestic mountains, the White Tanks Regional Water Treatment Facility is leading the way to protect Arizona’s most precious resource — water.
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Climate Change, Water, and Risk: Current Water Demands Are Not Sustainable
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
This analysis shows that climate change will have significant impacts on water supplies throughout the country in the coming decades, with over 1,100 counties facing greater risks of water shortages due to the effects of climate change. While water management and climate change adaptation plans will be essential to lessen the impacts, they cannot be expected to counter the effects of a warming climate. One reason is that the changes may simply outrun the potential for alternatives such as modifying withdrawals, increasing water use efficiency, increased water recycling, enhancing groundwater recharge, rainwater harvesting and inter-basin or inter-county transfers to make up for water deficits.
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