State Water Project ups allocation to Central Valley

The California State Water Project says the heavy snowfall in the Sierra will allow Central Valley buyers of water from SWP to get a slight bump in water deliveries.  Before this most recent determination water allocation to the customers in the valley had been set at five percent.  Now the delivery will be fifteen percent of contracted amounts.

“This is still one of the lowest allocations in the history of the State Water Project,” says Director Mark Cowin of the California Department of Water Resources.

According to the Central Valley Business Times, Cowin predicted that eventual water deliveries will be up to 35 to 40 percent.

State EPA eliminates waterless urinals

Citing longstanding complaints about wet and smelly restroom floors in its headquarters in Sacramento, the California Environmental Protection Agency has removed its 56 waterless urinals.  According to KCRA-TV the devices are estimated to have saved about a million gallons of water during their service life of six years.

The urinals were state of the art technology when they were installed in 2004.  They have been replaced by low-flow urinals that use about a half-gallon of water per flush.

Globally it's estimated that humans flush down the drain up to 20 percent of the supply of potable water.

Sacramento County free service helps business comply with enviro regulations and "go green"

The Business Environmental Compliance Center is an initiative focused locally that is another tool online and by other media in helping enterprise anywhere reduce its environmental impact.  Starting in 1993 BERC has been providing "one-stop, non-regulatory permit assistance" enabling Sacramento County businesses "to understand and comply with federal, state, and local environmental regulations".  Those words from the website.  >>>more>>>