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Reducing Urban Runoff

Oil runoff into a storm drain.

Oil runoff into a storm drain.

Every time it rains, water is always seen running down street gutters, into storm basins and eventually flowing back to the ocean. Carrying away pollution and nutrients from our landscapes.

Businesses and government organizations have been working to reduce urban run-off and it is time to homeowners to join the effort and help the cause. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. Continue reading

Rainwater – The Fountain of Life

Credit: D&S McSpadden

Credit: D&S McSpadden

As we’ve learned about the growth potential associated with recycled water, rainwater has its own magical attributes too.

“Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains.” – Unknown

A gift from the heavens and responsible for all life on the planet, what is so special about rainwater that you won’t find in drinking water or recycled water? Lets analyze the three.

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Recycled Water Fill Station Stats – October 2016

Source: IRWD.com

Source: IRWD.com

Updated: 11/15/2016 with data from Dublin San Ramon Services District & City of Brentwood

The end of October marked a closing day for many fill stations as they grapple with staying open for the winter where demand for recycled water has become historically low and being unable to distribute recycled water 48 hours after any significant rainfall. For many, a reduction in fill station hours but for others, closing up shop until the spring. How much recycled water was given away last month? Find out in our monthly recycled water fill station stats.

Below are a few agencies that have some pertinent residential recycled water fill station information to report.

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October 2016 – Content Roll Up

Found on google.com

Found on google.com

Another month in the books, this time we started a new water year and have seen residential recycled water fill stations close up shops for the winter rainy season. Many others have reduced hours of operation as there is fewer demand. Either way, this blog still wrote a few articles and began the transition into our winter topic – rainwater harvesting.

Come see all the article you missed and some pertinent social media stats.

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To flush or not to flush – Halloween candy wrappers

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Every Halloween something spooky shows up at the local wastewater treatment plant.

It is not the ghosts of goldfish passed, its the ridiculous volume of Halloween candy wrappers. Trash, if you will.

Now, while trash is a topic treatment plants will bore you with (think about those flushable wipes!), pollution caused by candy wrappers is real and only people who spend a decent amount of time dealing with it will speak up and say anything about it. So here goes:

Educate your children is it NOT OK to flush candy wrappers!

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Recycled Water Fill Station Stats – 2016 Water Year

Found on google.com

Found on google.com

10-13-2016: Updated to include Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation

We have just begun a new water year, which means now is a good time to close the books on 2016 and talk about it. Lets analyze fill station activity and ask “how much recycled water did <agency name> produce in the 2016 water year?”

As we have learned from the recent State Water Resource Control Board water conservation numbers, California residents are not continuing to conserve as much despite the fact that we’re now heading into a 6th year of drought.  When homeowners are faced with mandatory water conservation requirements, people will do the right thing (conserve), but when rules changed to voluntary participation, so did their water usage behavior.  Continue reading

Pumps for unloading recycled water

pumpsThere are many different manufacturers of pumps that are excellent at unloading recycled water tanks, barrels or bags. They all serve a purpose, but vary by size, weight and capacity. Some pumps may look the same and function the same but are branded differently.

We’ve chosen a few that we’ve seen most often, they’re mostly purchased at Harbor Freight due to price and availability. Many people hauling recycled water wanted to do so on the cheap and Harbor Freight helped to make that possible.

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Combat Carbon Atmospheric Levels With Trees

Tesla posted an article on their Facebook page about Carbon Dioxde (CO2) emissions passing the 400PPM mark, of which they then followed it up with a battery storage post. News flash, batteries don’t store CO2. Tree’s do. We should plant more trees.


As seen in the graphic from NASA above, tree’s should be planted in area’s where the red color is darkest. This is where we’ll have the biggest impact.
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