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California Water Crisis: Water Meters, Mendota Profile and Ag’s Response to Drought (ClimateWatch, NPR)

(May 1, 2009, ClimateWatch, NPR)
NPR’s Morning Edition launched an “occasional series” on California’s water woes this morning. Veteran correspondent John McChesney begins with the impact on agriculture in the Central Valley’s Westlands Water District, the nation’s “biggest irrigated region.”
KQED’s Central Valley Bureau Chief and Climate Watch contributor Sasha Khokha will have three stories in the [...]

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Ten Facts Regarding Water Metering, Water Billing and Water Efficiency for New York Landlords and Property Managers (LeakBird)

 
I recently came across an insightful 2006 document (pdf) from New York’s Department of the Environment on water/ sewer billing, water metering and water efficiency, put together for New York landlords and property managers.
I know that it’s now three years old, so some of the information is perhaps dated, though in essence I would hazard [...]

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Water Mandate: All California Cities Begin Volume-Based Billing Where Meters are Installed by Jan. 1, 2010 (ModestoBee)

(Jan. 12, 2009, The Modesto Bee)
From his desk in City Hall, Michael Cooke can tell if your toilet is running or if your automatic sprinklers have gone haywire.
Cooke is testing new software designed to track the water use of 17,000 Turlockers, then alert the biggest water hogs what they’ll pay once the city starts billing [...]

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