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Lipkis: Wiser Drought Policies & Collaboration Can Save Our Trees

Andy, California’s drought is Issue One in California today. How are trees impacted? What role do they play in managing water conservation? Trees, especially native ones like oaks and sycamores, are a...

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Value of Optimizing Data for Water Management: A WaterSmart Approach

On March 22, World Water Day, there was a US Water Summit focused on clean water, energy, and water efficiency. WaterSmart was invited and attended that conference. What motivated your involvement in...

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Metro LA’s Water Supply Increasingly Relying on Management of Stormwater

Tell us about programs the county has in place as part of the regional effort to use local water to replenish our underground system and to substitute for imported water.Gary Hildebrand: The county...

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The ‘Place’ of Water in Urban Design: ARUP's Vincent Lee

Vincent Lee: What does “design with water” mean?It’s a framework for rethinking the place of water in the urban design process, and putting it back at the heart of the design process for the built...

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Climate Change Impacts on California's Water Supply Require MWD to Prioritize...

How has California’s four-year drought affected the priorities of the Metropolitan Water District?Jeff Kightlinger: It’s affected our priorities in a couple ways. One is that while we typically plan...

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MWD’s Kightlinger on Drought: Water in the Age of Uncertainty

Jeff Kighlinger: The Metropolitan Water District is the regional water wholesaler for Southern California. Our service area covers Ventura County in the North all the way down to the Mexican Border,...

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SAWPA’s Celeste Cantú : ‘One Water One Watershed’

Celeste, share how your background as a city planner has influenced your work and leadership of the Santa Ana River Watershed Project Authority. There was a transition in between being a planning...

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Singapore's Water Leadership: Building a Model for Sustainable Cities

We speak today at the 2017 STS Forum in Kyoto, where you are a panelist. Share with our readers the Centre for Liveable Cities’ mission and accomplishments to date.Khoo Teng Chye: The Centre for...

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Lipkis: Wiser Drought Policies & Collaboration Can Save Our Trees

Andy, California’s drought is Issue One in California today. How are trees impacted? What role do they play in managing water conservation? Trees, especially native ones like oaks and sycamores, are a...

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Value of Optimizing Data for Water Management: A WaterSmart Approach

On March 22, World Water Day, there was a US Water Summit focused on clean water, energy, and water efficiency. WaterSmart was invited and attended that conference. What motivated your involvement in...

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Metro LA’s Water Supply Increasingly Relying on Management of Stormwater

Tell us about programs the county has in place as part of the regional effort to use local water to replenish our underground system and to substitute for imported water.Gary Hildebrand: The county...

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The ‘Place’ of Water in Urban Design: ARUP's Vincent Lee

Vincent Lee: What does “design with water” mean?It’s a framework for rethinking the place of water in the urban design process, and putting it back at the heart of the design process for the built...

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Climate Change Impacts on California's Water Supply Require MWD to Prioritize...

How has California’s four-year drought affected the priorities of the Metropolitan Water District?Jeff Kightlinger: It’s affected our priorities in a couple ways. One is that while we typically plan...

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Singapore's Water Leadership: Building a Model for Sustainable Cities

We speak today at the 2017 STS Forum in Kyoto, where you are a panelist. Share with our readers the Centre for Liveable Cities’ mission and accomplishments to date.Khoo Teng Chye: The Centre for...

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MWD’s Kightlinger on Drought: Water in the Age of Uncertainty

Jeff Kighlinger: The Metropolitan Water District is the regional water wholesaler for Southern California. Our service area covers Ventura County in the North all the way down to the Mexican Border,...

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SAWPA’s Celeste Cantú : ‘One Water One Watershed’

Celeste, share how your background as a city planner has influenced your work and leadership of the Santa Ana River Watershed Project Authority. There was a transition in between being a planning...

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Mark Pestrella on LA County’s Transformative Stormwater Plan

The LA County Public Works has begun taking community input on its Safe, Clean Water infrastructure program. Could you share the program’s goals?Mark Pestrella: It’s an exciting day for us to finally...

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Sup. Sheila Kuehl on Measure W: The Safe, Clean Water Act

More than 18 months ago, you unveiled plans to develop a funding measure for neighborhood stormwater capture programs throughout Los Angeles County. In November, Measure W—a parcel tax to raise money...

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Jack Baylis: A How to Guide for Capturing LA’s Wet Weather in a Changing Climate

California has seen sizable rainfall this winter, with Downtown Los Angeles receiving 12.91 inches of rain since October alone—167 percent above average for this time of year. How much of this rain did...

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CalEPA Secretary Blumenfeld on Governor Newsom's Water & Climate Priorities

Secretary Blumenfeld, as Governor Newsom’s appointee to lead California’s Environmental Protection Agency, you bring a wealth of federal and local experience to address one of the Governor’s highest...

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