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Aquafornia is dedicated to
providing news and information about water issues, and in
particular, to those issues which will affect Southern
California’s water supply. Residents of Southern California are
profoundly disconnected from water supply issues. Its intent is
to educate southern Californians on the important issues
affecting our water supply. Aquafornia seeks to be an
objective source of information and awareness, and is not
affiliated with any organization, business, corporation or
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The Borrego
Water Exchange (BWX) has announced that an owner of
citrus farmland in Borrego has agreed to execute a
conservation easement with BWX that will result in fallowing
the land in question. For one year, the BWX will have the
right to sell Permanent Water Credits through incremental
conveyance of this easement in the form of credits available
to any party seeking mitigation or groundwater preservation.
Time is of the essence. The unused portion of the
easement will revert back to the owner in one year.
Contact Lane Sharman at the BWX (858-755-2868) or visit the
BWX web site at
http://www.borregowaterexchange.com to learn more and
reserve your credits now. Go aquifer neutral in the coming
year with just a few BWX credits. Water mitigation and
conservation is a solid investment in the future of the
Borrego Valley.
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| The California Dept. of Water Resources (DWR), among other things, assists local water districts in water management and conservation activities and plans for future statewide water needs. Through its Southern District Office, the DWR has been active in assessing the Borrego Valley Basin and has provided a grant to the Borrego Water District to build two new monitoring wells in the north (agricultural) end of the valley to supplement existing data about the aquifer. |
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Common Assets are the
invaluable assets we inherit as a community, rather than as
individuals. Some (including water) are physical, others
are social and human-made.
In most cases, no one is managing these assets on behalf of
future generations. In most cases, our common ownership of
(and common responsibility for) these assets is not legally
recognized. Common Assets brings local, regional and
national movements together to activate the American public to
defend the commons from misuse, privatization and destruction. |
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EarthJustice is a
nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the
magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this
earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy
environment. They bring about far-reaching change by
enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of
hundreds organizations and communities. When it comes to
protecting the environment, nothing beats the power of law.
And no one is better at using it than EarthJustice. |
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Endangered Habitats League (EHL) The Endangered Habitats League is dedicated to the protection of the diverse ecosystems of Southern California and to sensitive and sustainable land use for the benefit of all the region's inhabitants. |
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Borrego
Farm Corner is a blog run by Reuben Ellis, absentee
co-owner of a wholesale ornamental tree farm in Borrego Springs,
CA. It claims to be: “Dedicated to informing the public about
the role agriculture plays in American life, beginning with
Borrego Springs, California.” In fact, it is an
unsophisticated propaganda
instrument for agribusinesses in the Borrego valley dedicated to
making these rapacious corporate entities look like mom and pop
family farms and misleading the public about their hugely significant
role in overdrafting the Borrego valley aquifer. |
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On the Commons On the Commons explores activism on behalf of the commons in all its variety. One of the great problems of our time is the enclosure of the commons by market forces, often with the support of government. On the Commons explores the value of diverse commons, probes their distinctive dynamics and re-invents mechanisms for strengthening them.
Tragedy of the Commons |
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Planning and Conservation League (PCL) The Planning and Conservation League is a statewide, nonprofit lobbying organization, an alliance of individuals and conservation organizations united to protect California's environment through legislative and administrative action. |
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Sustainable Water Systems A Primer for Water Utility Decision
Makers Published by Common Assets (see above) this
primer is intended to provide public utility decision makers
with a framework for addressing the profound challenges facing
community water systems. The first chapter discusses the seven
main challenges facing America’s community water systems.
The second chapter provides five basic understandings of water
and water systems that must frame any long-term stewardship
effort. The third section lays out the five strategic steps to
guide commissioners’ sustainability and stewardship agenda.
(This is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.
You may have to cut and paste the following URL into your
browser.
http://www.commonassets.org/docs/Water%20Report.pdf |
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The Tides Foundation
works to put resources and people together and create a positive impact on people's lives in ways that honor and promote human rights, justice, and a healthy, sustainable environment. Tides Foundation has awarded over $300 million in grants to nonprofits working for social change in the U.S. and abroad. One of these grants was awarded to the Save Our Aquifer Coalition to publicize the plight of the Borrego Valley aquifer. |
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Utility Consumers Action Network (UCAN) UCAN is a not-for-profit agency, the mission of which is to educate and protect San Diego County consumers in the areas of essential energy, utility, and telecommunications services. |
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The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHMNET)
believes that crowded conditions and resource shortages will
improve as the human population become less dense.
Proponents of this theory advocate phasing out the human race by
voluntarily ceasing to breed as a means of allowing Earth's
biosphere to return to good health. |
