All posts tagged "water"

  • In this April 3, 2015 aerial file photo, lush green golf courses border the edge of the desert in Palm Springs, Calif. Pressed by the fourth year of bone-dry weather and the threat of state-mandated water cuts, some of the poshest courses in California are ceding back to nature some of their manicured green, installing high-tech moisture monitoring systems and letting the turf they don't rip up turn just a little bit brown. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    California golf courses tee up water-saving measures

    LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — At first glance, nothing seems amiss at this lush, members-only golf club in one of the priciest communities in Orange County. A bubbling fountain gurgles out of an artificial lake. Emerald-green fairways...

    • Posted May 13, 2015
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  • Participants listen to a presentation by the state-run Korea Water Resources Corp., introducing its smart water management system at the 7th World Water Forum in Daegu, South Korea, on April 16, 2015. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea showcases smart water management at world forum

    DAEGU, April 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea on Thursday offered a glimpse into what could help the world overcome the problem of water shortage, introducing its information technology-based management of water at the global water forum under...

    • Posted April 16, 2015
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  • Water sprinklers are used at Heartwell Park in Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday, April 2, 2015. California Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday, ordered a 25 percent overall cutback in water use by cities and towns, but not farms, in the most sweeping drought measures ever undertaken by the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    No more playing nice: California names, shames water wasters

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is done with gentle nudges and polite reminders to deal with its devastating drought. State regulators are naming and shaming local water departments that have let water wasters slide — and forcing...

    • Posted April 8, 2015
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  • A pumpjack operates next to Tony Lemon's home, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Bakersfield, Calif. Lemon and other neighbors living around the idled well said they had been told nothing of any threat to local water. But Lemon said he trusted oil companies to safeguard the public water supply. “As long as they know what they’re doing, taking care of business,” Lemon said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    California pledges changes in protecting underground water

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is proposing broad changes in the way it protects underground water sources from oil and gas operations, after finding 2,500 instances in which the state authorized oil and gas operations in protected...

    • Posted February 9, 2015
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  • A warning buoy sits on the dry, cracked bed of Lake Mendocino near Ukiah, Calif. (AP / Rich Pedroncelli)
    [WaPo] Study: California drought is the most severe in at least 1,200 years

      The current drought in California is the worst the state has seen in at least 1,200 years, according to a recent study published by the American Geophysical Union. Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic...

    • Posted December 7, 2014
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  • (General Manager and renowned water sommelier, Martin Riese, explains what to look for while tasting different types of water.)
    Water is serious business at Ray and Stark’s Bar at LACMA

    America’s only certified water sommelier says he traveled around the world for two years to curate a refined water menu worthy of his approval.  By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff “This is the most important beverage...

    • Posted September 29, 2014
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  • Chung Jae-wook
    Clean drinking water remains critical global issue

    By Jung Min-ho Born and raised in Korea, where the availability of clean water hasn’t been a major social problem for some time, Chung Jae-wook never gave serious thought on how the shortage of drinking water affects...

    • Posted November 19, 2013
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