a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
Tag: drought
Genetic hack creates plants that use 25 percent less water
Where I live, grass has been replaced with bark or rock, dotted by an occasional sprout of green that may, or may not, survive...
The camel that had no hump
This especially irritates Rob Pressman, the principal of Burbank, Calif.-based TGP, Inc. Landscape Architecture, who believes that aesthetics do not have to be discarded...
The next target in California’s drought? Renters.
The result amounted to a savings in water use in June of 23 percent, just below the mandate required by the governor. But while single-family...
Utility costs rising
It isn’t just the additional cost that’s irking California residents—it’s the growing suspicion among neighbors suddenly stuck splitting one big water bill. A vast...
