Interest in water management blossoms in San Francisco

Dec.07, 2008 in Water Conservation, Water Industry

(Dec. 6, 2008, The San Francisco Chronicle)

Watershed problems and solutions run downstream. “The fun part about water is that it is so interrelated,” Dolman said. “As soon as you make a decision to do right by storm water – slowing it, spreading it, sinking it – you solve multiple problems. You reduce flooding in the winter. That reduces the impact on the creeks and creek downcutting and improves water quality, which is better for the fish.

“You reduce how frequently storm water overwhelms your wastewater systems. At the same time, you’re putting more water in the ground, which improves water supply. There is a lot of opportunity to think how we redesign human civilization from a water-literate angle.”

People are listening. Seventy signed up for a recent roof water harvesting class at the Water Institute, for which there were only 30 spots. “The demand is up like we’ve never seen it,” Dolman said. “In the past, it was hard to fill some courses. Now we’re wait-listed on everything.”

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