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Join us for a Sept. 9 virtual
journey into California’s most critical and
controversial water region in the state, the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta, and learn how the drought is impacting water
quality and supply.
The Delta, a 720,000-acre network of islands and canals, supports
the state’s two large water systems – the State Water Project and
the federal Central Valley Project – and, together with the San
Francisco Bay, forms an important ecological resource.
Immerse yourself in California’s key water sources this fall with
the Foundation’s schedule of engaging virtual tours.
Each tour event will run from 2:30-5:30 p.m. PT
and includes:
An overview presentation of the region’s
critical topics
A guided video tour of key locations
— farms, wetlands, dams and reservoirs, wildlife
habitats — to gain a stronger understanding on a
variety of water supply issues and the latest policy
developments
Live Q&A with experts in chat
rooms so participants can dive deeper into the topics,
including the drought gripping California.
As part of the events, participants
will receive a copy of one of our Layperson’s Guides and be
entered into a drawing to win one of our beautiful
water maps.
We’re moving! Please update your
contact information for the Water Education Foundation.
Starting Aug. 2, our office will be located near the
confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers, on the
fringe of downtown Sacramento.
Our new address is 2151 River Plaza Drive, Suite 205,
Sacramento CA 95833.
Our phone number (916-444-6240) is not changing, but we will
still be working in hybrid mode and sending an email is always
the quickest way to get a response.
Curious about the significance of
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? Looking for the latest
information on the drought hitting California and the West? Want
to read up on some of the historic figures in California water?
The Water Education Foundation has an array of online resources
to help you keep up with what’s new, what you need to know and
what you might be curious about involving water in California and
the West.
Dear Friends and Supporters of the
Water Education Foundation!
We hope everyone is enjoying their summer!
At the Foundation, we are busy preparing to move to a new office
near the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers,
planning a blend of virtual and in-person programming for
the fall and offering a sale on our beautiful water maps and
guides so we don’t have to move them.
Join the team at the
Water Education
Foundation, a nonprofit that has been a trusted
source of water news and educational programs in California and
across the West for more than 40 years.
We have a full-time opening for an enthusiastic, team-oriented,
multitasking Programs & Communications
Manager at our office in Sacramento.
We’re in the final weeks of our
moving sale as we prepare to head to new quarters next month, so
you still have a little time left to knock 30 percent off the
price of our water maps, Layperson’s Guides, DVDs and more.
Use the code MOVINGSALE when you check out
to claim your 30 percent discount and get those updated maps,
guides and DVDs you’ve wanted.
Las Vegas, known for its searing
summertime heat and glitzy casino fountains, is projected to get
even hotter in the coming years as climate change intensifies. As
temperatures rise, water demand for the desert community is
expected to spike. That is not good news in a fast-growing region
that depends largely on a limited supply of water from an already
drought-stressed Colorado River.
Our latest article in Western
Water examines how authorities are responding, trying
to wring more water savings out of everything from ice machines
and grassy medians to industrial cooling towers, an aggressive
conservation effort that could provide examples for communities
throughout the Southwest.
For anyone trying to keep up with
the unfolding drought in California and the West, the Water
Education Foundation has created a special resource page
that offers links to real-time reservoir data and water supply
forecasts, an ongoing newsfeed to help you stay up to date
on the latest news and tips so you can help
conserve the region’s most precious natural resource.
We’re moving later this summer to
new quarters closer to the Sacramento River, and we don’t want to
haul all of our water maps, Layperson’s Guides, DVDs and more to
the new home. So we’re making you a limited-time offer we hope
you can’t refuse: Take 30 percent off the price of all of
our maps, guides and more.
Use the code MOVINGSALE when you check out
to get your 30 percent discount.
The Water Education Foundation has
hosted successful virtual tours and events during the COVID-19
pandemic and is now closely monitoring developments – as capacity
and distancing restrictions are lifted from public health
guidelines this summer – to inform the format choices for
our fall programs.
A few seats are left on the
Foundation’s virtual tour bus for our Lower Colorado
River Tour this Thursday, May 20. It’s our
last tour of the spring, so register now to hear from a range of
Colorado River experts and visit key sites including
California’s first Salton Sea pilot restoration project, now
under construction.
This once-a-year tour will focus on how the Lower Basin states of
California, Nevada and Arizona are using and managing the river’s
water in the midst of a two-decade-long drought while demand
continues to grow from myriad sources — increasing population,
declining habitat and climate change.
Only one week remains to register
for our May 20 virtual Lower Colorado
River Tour where you can hear directly from experts
offering a range of perspectives on the most contested and
meticulously managed river in the United States. Practically
every drop of water in the Colorado River is already
allocated, but pressure on the hard-working river continues to
grow from myriad sources — increasing population, declining
habitat and climate change.
The 1,450-mile Colorado
River is a lifeline to 40 million people in the
Southwest across seven states and Mexico, but a 20-plus year
drought in the basin has significantly dropped water levels in
Lake Mead and Lake Powell — the river’s largest reservoirs.
This once-a-year tour will focus on how the Lower Basin states of
California, Nevada and Arizona are using and managing the river’s
water in that unprecedented context.
Consider giving a tax-deductible
donation on this Big Day of Giving to help the Water
Education Foundation continue being your resource for in-depth,
impartial information on drought, water rights, groundwater,
environmental restoration, water quality and other water
resource issues.
We have a goal of $10,000 and we just hit $8,000. Thank you to
those who contributed during our open house!
On this Big Day of Giving, help the Water Education
Foundation continue being your resource for in-depth, impartial
information on drought, water rights, groundwater, environmental
restoration, water quality, and other water resource issues.
At the Water Education Foundation,
we focus on telling the complex story of water in California and
the West because of its critical role in sustaining our lives,
growing our food and nourishing our environment.
As a nonprofit we rely on the generosity of people who value
what we do – enhancing public understanding of our most important
natural resource and catalyzing critical conversations to
inform collaborative decision-making.
Enjoy happy hour tomorrow with the
Water Education Foundation, test your water knowledge in a trivia
contest, win some prizes and socialize in chat rooms!
The team behind
our programs that inspire a deeper understanding of California’s
most precious natural resource – water – will be on hand
during the hour-long virtual event starting at 4:30 p.m.
Hear directly from a range of
experts offering a variety of perspectives on our May 20 virtual
Lower
Colorado River Tour as they put into context the
20-plus year drought on what is the most contested and
meticulously managed river in the United States.
Among the experts featured are farmers, tribal representatives,
and managers from wildlife agencies, water districts, the Bureau
of Reclamation and others who will discuss drought impacts,
habitat projects, farming and restoration efforts at the Salton
Sea.
As California slowly emerges from
the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, one remnant left behind by
the statewide lockdown offers a sobering reminder of the economic
challenges still ahead for millions of the state’s residents and
the water agencies that serve them – a mountain of
water debt.
Concerns about water affordability, long an issue in a state
where millions of people struggle to make ends meet, jumped into
overdrive last year as the pandemic wrenched the
economy. Our
latest article in Western Water explores
the hurdles to helping consumers, how some water agencies have
devised workarounds and how far more lasting solutions remain out
of reach.
Join us May 6 for our
annual open
house where you can test your water trivia
knowledge, win prizes and meet the people behind our programs
that foster a deeper understanding of California’s most precious
natural resource – water.
The Foundation’s open house will be held next Thursday via Zoom
from 4:30–5:30 p.m.
