Water

Websites

Aquaforina Water Education Foundation
Aquafornia is dedicated to providing comprehensive news and information about California water issues, as well as issues affecting the southwest. This regularly updated blog posts links from the news media, press releases, trade magazines, and other blogs.

Be Water Wise
A program of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and The Family of Southern California Water Agencies.
For an online or in-person landscaping course: http://www.bewaterwise.com/training01.html

Cyber-Rain
Cyber-rain is a ground-breaking smart sprinkler control system that gives homeowners an easy way to save 30-70 percent on their landscape watering bills by using the ease and convenience of the personal computer and automatic weather updates from the internet.

WaterSense
WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, identifies appliances that are water efficient.

H2ouse*
This website was developed by the California Urban Water Conservation Council under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Council is a consensus-based partnership of over 285 urban water suppliers, public advocacy organizations, and other interested parties concerned with water supply and conservation of natural resources in California.

Heal the Bay*
Local nonprofit organization committed to the protection and conservation of Santa Monica Bay and Southern California’s Coastal waters and their ecosystems.

Irrigation Tutorials
Your go-to source for any irrigation-related questions, including drip irrigation systems.

Lawn Care Guide
Provides practical lawn care needs, including a list of warm season grasses ideal for drought-prone climates and information on electrical lawn-care equipment.

Rain Chains Direct
(310) 772-8282

Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world.

Sustainable Santa Monica
City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment webpage. Includes Santa Monica Beach Report, The Latest Studies of the Bay, and What’s Happening to Clean-up the Bay?

Sustainable Santa Monica - Garden
The City of Santa Monica’s garden/garden demonstration landscapes are located at 1718 and 1724 Pearl Street, and provide a comparison of a traditional lawn to a native garden.

Santa Monica Bay Keeper
The Santa Monica Baykeeper is your citizen "park ranger" for the Santa Monica Bay, San Pedro Bay, and the adjacent coastal waters and watersheds. The primary mission is to continually survey the environmental health of these resources; to alert the public to potential hazards and expose those who contribute in any way to the degradation of this ecosystem.

Surfrider Foundation Ocean Friendly Gardens
In partnership wth the West Basin Municipal Water District, the Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens provides valuable resources for creating gardens that minimize the need for water, fertilizers, pesticides, fossil-fuel equipment, and which help prevent urban runoff.

Smart Water Application Technologies
SWAT is a national partnership initiative of water purveyors and irrigation industry representatives created to promote landscape water use efficiency through the application of state-of-the-art irrigation technologies. Their site contains a list of weather-based or soil moisture sensor irrigation controllers that help take the guess work out of watering your garden.

American Water Works Association
Your premier water efficiency and water conservation information resource. For years now, WaterWiser has been faithfully serving the growing community of water conservation and efficiency practitioners and advocates by continually developing new services that will meet customers' needs.

Agencies

California Coastal Commission
45 Freemont St.
San Francisco, CA. 94105
(800) 262-7848
Works to protect and enhance various resources along the California Coast.

City of Santa Monica, Watershed Management Section
200 Santa Monica Pier, Suite K
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 458--8972

California Urban Water Conservation Council
455 Capitol Mall #703
Sacramento, CA. 95814
(916) 552-5885
Their goal is to increase the efficiency of water use throughout all of California, among residents, businesses and other water agencies.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
1394 South Sepulveda Blvd.
West L.A., CA. 90069
(800) 342-5397
Provides the Los Angeles area with electric and water services.  DWP also offers conservation and efficiency solutions through their products and services.

Metropolitan Water District
P.O. Box 54153
Los Angeles, CA. 90054
(213) 217-6000
Delivers drinking water to L.A., San Diego, Orange County, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura counties.

Southern California Watershed Council
111 N. Hope Street Suite 627
Los Angeles, CA. 90012
(213) 367-4111
This site is full of FAQ’s, maps, news, inquiries and regional info on watersheds.

Organizations

Alliance for Water Efficiency
P.O. Box 804127
Chicago, IL 60680
(773) 360-5100

Water Wiser
American Water Works Association
6666 West Quincy Avenue
Denver, CO 80235
(800) 926-7337

Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA. 90802
(562) 590-3100
This aquarium is home to more than 12,000 different animals that are natives to the waters of Southern California to Baja, as well as the North and Tropical Pacific oceans.

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
3720 Stephan White Drive
San Pedro, CA. 90731
(310) 548-7562
A research facility that provides the public with an education of conserving marine life in Southern California.

Eco Home Network
4344 Russell Ave.
Los Angeles, CA. 90027
(323) 662-5207
Promotes sustainable and ecological developments in our environment.

Friends of Ballona Wetlands
318 B Culver Blvd.
Playa Del Rey, 90293
(310) 306-5994
Commits their services to preserving and restoring wetlands that are homes to many birds, fish and other wildlife.

Friends of the Los Angeles River
570 W. Avenue 26 #250
Los Angeles, CA. 90065
(323) 223-0585
They work towards restoring the L.A. River to its natural surroundings and wildlife, creating a healthy eco-system and flood protection.  They are also aiming to make the river available for recreational use for the public.

Green Map
(310) 399-4944
Maps that locate and promote sustainable urban features, natural and manmade.

Heal the Bay
3220 Nebraska Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 453-0395
(800) HEAL BAY (in California only)

Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant
A wastewater treatment plant located in El Segundo.

California Native Plant Society
1722 J Street Suite 17
Sacramento, CA. 95814
(916) 447-2677
Their organization helps to educate the public on how to increase preservation for California’s Native plants in their own natural habitats. 

Rocky Mountain Institute
1739 Snowmass Creek Road
Snowmass, CO 81654-9199
(970) 927-3851

Santa Monica Baykeeper
P.O. Box 10096
Marina Del Rey, CA. 90295
(310) 305-9645
Oversees SM Bay, San Pedro Bay and adjacent coastal waters and nearby watersheds.  Works to inform the public of any potential hazards and alert them of those in the community who are a negative influence on our eco-system.

Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility
(310) 458-8223
SMURRF treats urban runoff water to remove pollutants that are gathered from ground surfaces, and then recycles it for landscape irrigation and some plumbing systems.

Surfrider Foundation Ocean Friendly Gardens Program

(In partnership with the West Basin Municipal Water District)

Theodore Payne Foundation
10459 Tuxford St.
Sun Valley, CA. 91352
(818) 768-1802
Hotline (818) 768-3533
The foundation has a year round native plant nursery with educational programs to outreach the community.

Tree People
12601 Mulholland Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA. 90210
(818) 753-4600
Dedicates their work to educating the public on how to care for our environment by planting and preserving trees and conserving water and energy.

Water Conservation Hotline
(800) 544-4498

Water Education Foundation
717 K Street Suite 317
Sacramento, CA. 95817
(916) 444-6240
Helps to address and resolve water issues and problems through their educational program.

Wetlands Recovery Project
645 S. Citrus Ave.
Los Angeles, CA. 90036
(323) 938-5530
A group of public agencies that work together to help restore and develop a better environment for the coastal wetlands from Point Conception to the International Border of Mexico.

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Energy

Websites

American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy
A resourceful database of energy and efficiency-related sites.

Alliance to Save Energy
A coalition of prominent business, government, environmental and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and national security. Their site includes summaries of Alliance programs, links to Alliance Associates, press releases, and a publications list.

California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission has an extensive web site featuring information concerning CEC projects and activities, publications, news databases, an energy education tool, and a directory of over 1,000 energy-related internet sites.

California Institute for Energy Efficiency
CIEE plans, funds, and manages research and development of new energy efficiency technologies. Their site covers CIEE projects, publications, and participants.

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
The Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) is dedicated to the promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency, the environment, and sustainable development. One of CREST's primary functions is to explore and demonstrate the use of advanced information and communication technologies in these fields.

Renewable Energy Policy Project
REPP supports the advancement of renewable energy technology through policy research. REPP seeks to define growth strategies for renewables that respond to competitive energy markets and environmental needs.

Climate Action Network (CAN)
CAN is a network of NGO's whose goal is to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

Consortium for Energy Efficiency
CEE is a non-profit, public benefit corporation that uses the power of mass markets to advance super energy-efficient technologies that benefit consumers and the environment.

Cool Companies
Cool Companies is the official site of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, a one-stop-shop that helps organizations reduce greenhouse gas emissions with practical advice, tools and technologies.

NRDC
Natural Resource Defense Council has an excellent overview of energy usage and its environmental effects.

Critical Mass Energy Project
Critical Mass Energy Project promotes energy conservation and tracks government activities related to such issues as nuclear power, radioactive waste, renewable energy and fuel efficiency.

Energy Guide
Energy Guide teaches how to lower your energy bills.

EnviroWeb
An excellent site showing how global warming happens and how we contribute.

Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists article on the connection between the global warming skeptics, their funding by Exxon Mobil, and the skeptics history of performing the same deception for the tobacco industry.

Heat is Online
Excellent web resource for tracking the latest information about Global Warming. Organized by Ross Gelbspan, author of the two ground breaking books on global warming, The Heat is On and Boiling Point.

Climate Crisis
The accompanying website to the Oscar winning Documentary An Inconvenient Truth.

Wind Credits
Carbon offsets sorted by price

Stop Global Warming
Join Stop Global Warming Virtual March, and become part of the movement to demand our leaders freeze and reduce carbon dioxide emissions now. We are all contributors to global warming and we all need to be part of the solution.

Climate Connections
NPR and National Geographic’s audio stories titled Climate Connections

Agencies

City of Santa Monica
Energy and Green Building Office
1212 5^th Street, First Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 458-4992

California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth St. MS-29
Sacramento, CA 95814
(800) 555-7794
Oversees future energy needs, develops technologies and encourages renewable energy.

Organizations

350
350 is an international campaign that's building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand.

Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
(877) 758-4462
Serves Southern California electrical services.

Climate Solutions
610 4^th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
(360) 352-1763

Coalition for Clean Air
10780 Santa Monica Blvd
Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 441-1544
Work to improve air quality.

Energy Coalition
219 1^st Avenue South Suite 100
Seattle, WA. 98104
(206) 621-0094
Work to conserve and renew energy.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EERE)

Energy Star
Washington, DC
(888) 782-7937

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
P.O. Box 51111
Los Angeles, CA. 90051
(213) 481-5411 (800) 342-5397
Provides the Los Angeles area with electrical and water services.  DWP also offers conservation and efficiency solutions through their products and services.

National Clean Air Coalition
801 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Third Floor
Washington, DC 20003

Pacific Gas and Electric
(800) 743-5002
Correspondence Management Center
P.O. Box 95899-7310
Provides northern California with gas and electrical services.

Rocky Mountain Institute
1739 Snowmass Creek Road
Snowmass, CO. 81654
(970) 927-3851
They educate all areas of the community in becoming more efficient with their resources.  They mainly like to target businesses and community leaders.

Solar Living Institute
13771 S. Highway 101
Hopland, CA 95449
(707) 744-2017
An educational program which encourages a change in our habits and behaviors by educating for a sustainable future for our environment.

Southern California Edison
2244 Walnut Grove
Rosemead, CA. 91770
(800) 655-4555

Southern California Gas Company
P.O. Box3150
San Dimas, CA 91773
(800) 427-2200