{"id":1942,"date":"2012-09-19T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2012-09-24T13:27:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:27:43","slug":"water-news-summary-september-14-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/water-news-summary-september-14-2012","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Texas Water Maps and Lawn Painting: Water News Summary 9\/14\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1960\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Texas-reservoir-levels.jpg\" class=\"thickbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Texas-reservoir-levels.jpg\" alt=\"Texas reservoir lake water levels\" title=\"Texas-reservoir-levels\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Texas-reservoir-levels.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Texas-reservoir-levels-600x501.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keep track of current reservoir levels in Texas<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"ws_tweet_list\">\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/\" title=\"News for Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Texas Tribune<\/a> has created two really awesome interactive maps to help you track the current water situation in Texas: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/library\/data\/public-water-system-shortages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Texas Public Water System Shortages<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/library\/data\/texas-reservoir-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Texas Reservoir Levels<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">Can <a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/15\/a-different-approach-to-coping-with-drought\/\" title=\"Covering water with oil reduces evaporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">covering reservoirs with layer of vegetable oil<\/a> be the saving grace of parched communities by reducing evaporation?<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">More wasted water: 1\/4 of all water used worldwide is taken to grow over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2012\/08\/eating-water-latest-and-rising-threat-to-a-thirsty-population\/\" title=\"Lots of water used for food that is wasted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 billion tons of food that nobody eats<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20120709005974\/en\/Coca-Cola-Pilots-Innovative-Water-Recovery-System-Wins\" title=\"Bottle washing water reuse system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Coca-Cola reduced water use by 35%<\/a> with the development of a beverage process water recovery system to reuse water for bottle washing.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">Just what we need, people spending longer in the shower, wasting water&#8230; new design concept for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psfk.com\/2012\/08\/touchscreen-shower.html\" title=\"Wasting water while browsing the internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shower that allows you to surf the web<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirt.asla.org\/2012\/08\/21\/with-drought-lawn-painting-spreads\/\" title=\"If it is yellow, just paint it green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lawn painting services<\/a> sprout up across the US as drought continues.  I think this is the definition of an unsustainable, make-your-money-now business.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">University of Penn study: <a href=\"http:\/\/americancity.org\/daily\/entry\/the-urban-garden-as-crime-fighter\" title=\"Gardens reduce crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Urban gardens found to reduce gun crime<\/a>, neighbors feel safer and maybe more eyes on the streets.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecotrope.opb.org\/2012\/08\/graywater-recycling-not-as-popular-as-expected\/\" title=\"Graywater stills need public education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Graywater Reuse not as popular in Oregon as originally thought<\/a>. Oregon DEQ has only issued 4 permits since April 2012.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">Great infographic about the ever-increasing <a href=\"http:\/\/hydro-logic.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/monday-infographics-water.html\" title=\"Lots of money needed to fix US water infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">investment needs of the US water infrastructure issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iemshows.com\/exhibitor_documents\/Groundwater%20Summit%20-%20Votteler.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" title=\"Todd Votteler presentation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"pdf\">Presentation on drought and Texas water planning<\/a> by Todd Votteler, Ph.D. of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority at the Texas Alliance Of Groundwater Districts Summit.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/\" title=\"Utility provider for New Braunfels Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Braunfels Utility<\/a> (Texas) reports <a href=\"http:\/\/herald-zeitung.com\/news\/local_news\/article_15092a42-f952-11e1-a353-001a4bcf887a.html\" title=\"Big drop in water use through restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">water use dropped 4 million gallons per day under Stage 3 restrictions<\/a> after just one week of restrictions.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ws_tweet\">Mixed messages sent to Austin water customers: Critics see leaks in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/local\/critics-see-leaks-in-austins-shifting-summer-watering-2453171.html\" title=\"Mixed messages with water restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Austin&#8217;s shifting summer watering schedule<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Video of the Week: How the Edwards Aquifer Works<\/h3>\n<p>The Edwards Aquifer Authority presents a 3D model of the Edwards Aquifer to demonstrate how it works, how pollution can infiltrate it, and why it is important to 1.7 million people in south central Texas.  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