LeakBird

In order to calculate how much your toilet wastes in a city like San Francisco, we need to know the water footprint of your entire building. Of course, if you’re a property manager or landlord, you’ll be especially interested in this, as tenants don’t foot the water bills anyhow.  I’m going to give facts from [...]

(March 30, 2009, Reuters)
New York City Comptroller William Thompson on Monday proposed using federal stimulus money and other solutions to spare city water ratepayers from another rate hike.
The city’s Water Board is scheduled to meet on Friday to consider raising rates. The board approved a 14.5 percent increase in 2008 and forecast another double-digit rate [...]

After reading today’s article in the San Diego Tribune in which the Metropolitan Water District has its drinking straws in its final water reserves and options, I’m convinced that water rationing will not be averted in Southern California (or perhaps all of California for that matter).  In other words, we can bank on water rationing, [...]