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Wateractions on twitter. Those interesed in causes check out SocialActions.com

Just found this interesting website and non profit that is using twitter to get the message out. Brilliant. Twitter and social media will be a boon for non-profits and social awareness. By making it easier to make a difference.

We applaud their efforts and are inspired by there effectiveness.

From their website....

Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative based in Canada and the U.S. Our fiscal sponsor is Mobilize.org. Because our staff and community are all over the world, our headquarters are online.

Mission

We make it easy for you to make a difference.

What We Do

We help you find and share opportunities to change the world.

• First, we collect ways to get involved in the causes you care about from these 50+ action sources, including Care2, Change.org, DonorsChoose.org, DemocracyinAction, GlobalGiving, Idealist, Kiva, SixDegrees and VolunteerMatch.

Recycle the Rain...But check the permit issue.

Southwest Florida- Found this great article on collecting and using rainwater. Putting together your own rain barrel and collector looks like a fun project...

RECYCLE THE RAIN

From the site...

The Hillsborough County courthouse has a 15,000-gallon container. Rainwater is collected from the roof and stored in the underground tank, later to be used for watering the landscape.

NEW PORT RICHEY WATER POLICE ARE ON THE CASE...

NEW PORT RICHEY have decided to increase there fines $30 to $130 for the first violation... That stings but it will also help.

Number of Citations so Far 1,223

Like to see more of this. I think it would help the water saving process. I do believe that the higher fines could eventually be reduced as awareness improves.

The reason I read the paper...

I recently started reading the LA Times recently as I thirsted for more news. I really got hooked on newspapers when I started working with start ups and then got into a bit more when I started my Radio show. Even though I read a lot of online material I still drop into the newspapers.

Recently found this ad for Los Angeles County Contracting Opportunities" and thought it could be a good place to visit for NoMoreGeysers.com

March 26th, 2009
Supervisorial District 3
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Board Room
4233 Las Virgenes Rd. Calabasas CA 92302

A lot of government agencies and business accouncements must still be placed in actual publications versus the web. In fact in going to the website listed it was difficult to even find this listing.

San Marcos, TX goes beyond expectations for Water Conservation...CONGRATULATIONS

San Marcos proves that a community can come together to conserve water and actually meet its stated goals.

San Marcos meets water conservation goals

Water use statistics for 2008 indicate that San Marcos residents used 122 gallons per person, per day, which is better than the city’s target of 133 gallons, and even better than the state’s goal of 140.

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Moving into the new office this week.

Coronado,CA- Moving into the new office this week. We are centralizing our forces and gaining some momentum. Even though we've spent a few years getting this moving in the right direction it does feel a bit different moving to this space and adding some new team members.

Look forward to some more updates in the following weeks on the project.  Thanks for your support.

Lawmakers may actually push climate control sprinkler systems.

Found this article regarding a high tech change that may happen eventually regarding climate controlled sprinkler issues.It may actually go into law. Hey what about a retro fit device like ours NoMoreGeysers.com

Kern Turf Supply's Anthony Blanco says state lawmakers are tapping into new technology and will soon force developers to use climate controlled sprinkler systems on all new homes.

We look forward to pursuing more of these angles...

The No More Geysers Riser a highly effective water saving device that retrofits into an existing sprinkler system. When a sprinkler head is broken the riser will shut off the flow of water at the break maintaining the integrity of the system stopping the typical geysers and saving thousands of gallons of water. Got Geysers? don't want them call 619-437-9222.

Some think the news of the drought is highly overstated.

Some believe the drought is a little overstated. Regardless I don't think that water conservation should be taken lightly or ignored....

California's claims of three-year drought are all wet

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Declares State of Emergency: The Plan 20% reduction

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency following three years of drought. The Governor’s action aims to have water agencies reduce water usage by 20 percent.

According to this article oddly in Reuters...

Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range was measured on Monday at 84 percent of normal in the northern part of the range, 77 percent in the central portion, and 83 percent in the southern stretch of the mountains.

More snow is good news but we are not out of the woods yet.

(Again in this article the sprinkler head photo is in effect.)