Water Conservation & Efficiency

Michael Gets All Wet & Fishy.....But Creates an Aquaponic Miracle

Miracles don't happen often enough in our world.   But when Michael starts growing his own fish and food in his garage, then you know that there's some divine intervention because Michael doesn't fish and he's got a brown thumb that makes all leafy things tremble.    So how did Advocate Michael become Farmer Michael?  One word: AQUAPONICS. 

San Diego City Water Department engaged in very strange and misleading behavior

Faucet with money flowing into sinkRob Davis at the non-profit Voice of San Diego has us asking if the Water Department is misinformed, disingenuous, or merely insane. Full Story

Value of water rebates questionable

money made with artificial turf
Spend $4,000 covering your lawn in artificial turf, and you might get an $80.00 rebate. Rooty Toot!

WATER UTILITY PHYSICS -- Usage goes down but prices may go up!

Message #1:   "Conserve Water or pay more!"
Message #2:   "Rates must go up due to low sales volume!

According to the physicist/economists at the water utilities, what goes down must go up.   They aren't standing on their heads, either.  They claim that your rates could go up because you're not using ENOUGH water. Click here for the full story.

Michael's Newest Farming Adventure: Saving water with hydroponics

Michael's aquaponics adventure led him to the water saving potential for hydroponics, e.g. growing plants using water and nutrients, but no soil. So now he has an hydroponics system, to compare to his aquaponics and conventional soil gardens.

UCAN inserts give consumers a tool to challenge city water rates

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280,000 San Diego ratepayers will have the
opportunity to fund independent reviews 
when the City Water Department wants to
increase rates. Full Story.

Water conservation rates same in Wisconsin as San Diego

A Wisconsin city faces a 10 percent conservation requirement - about the same as San Diego - to use Great Lakes Water at a rate of about half what San Diegans do.

Long, dirty wait for recycling car wash list from San Diego Water Department

San Diego Water Department needs weeks to find car wash info

Michael Gets All Wet & Fishy.....But Creates an Aquaponic Miracle

Miracles don't happen often enough in our world. But when Michael starts growing his own fish and food in his garage, then you know that there's some divine intervention because Michael doesn't fish and he's got a brown thumb that makes all leafy things tremble. So how did Advocate Michael become Farmer Michael? One word: AQUAPONICS.

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