The Department of Water Resources announced on Jan. 8, 2014 that it has begun using renewable power purchased from a Dominion Solar Holdings’ solar project to help move water through the State Water Project.
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State Water Project Now Using Solar Power to Meet Pump Loads
Save Our Water Message Delivered 210 Million Times in 2014
That was one of the statistics delivered today to the State Water Resources Control Board during an update by officials with the Save Our Water campaign, which is co-managed by ACWA and the Department of Water Resources.
Jennifer Persike, ACWA’s deputy executive director for external affairs and operations, told members of the State Board that additional funding given the campaign in 2014 helped to expand its reach into new channels and markets – including paid advertising. The campaign elicited 450,000 web site visits, 220,000 video views, 13,600 radio ads, 1,700 television ads and 140% increase in social media followers. Overall, the campaign achieved 210 million impressions of its message. Read more
ACWA Weighs In on Next Steps for Expiring Emergency Water Conservation Regulations
ACWA Special Projects Manager Dave Bolland presented ACWA’s recommendations during a State Board meeting held Tuesday to discuss the role of the emergency regulations in light of the state’s ongoing drought emergency. Read more
Water in smog may reveal pollution sources
The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found in the smoggy winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City. The discovery may give researchers a new tool to track down the sources of pollutants and climate-changing carbon dioxide gas.
Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water
The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called a quasar, more than 12 billion light-years away.