Webinar Topic: Flowing Toward the Future: Water’s Role in Decarbonizing Southern California’s Electrical Grid

In this video please note that the webinar begins approximately six-and-a-half minutes in. You may also view this webinar on the Zoom website with the ability to view slides and chat HERE.

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Protecting Every Source: Southern California’s Water Story highlights the work that Southern California’s water agencies are doing to transform the regions’ water systems amidst a record drought. The video demonstrates how Southern California has become one of the most water-efficient regions in the world — diversifying our water supply portfolios to expand local water resources while protecting the health of our imported supplies.

“As climate change continues to make year-to-year hydrology less predictable, having a diversified water supply portfolio will help us adapt to meet the needs of our changing climate, and we want to make sure our ratepayers understand how that will happen,” said Paul Liu, SCWC Board Member and Managing Water Utility Engineer at LADWP. “This video will be a vital tool in dispelling the common misconception among Southern California residents that local water supplies will lead us to outgrow the need for imported water — this belief isn’t rooted in reality. Imported water will always be a vital piece of our portfolio.”

The video takes viewers on an animated journey, explaining the sources that make up Southern California’s water supplies. Viewers are shown the foundational importance of imported supplies, like those from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Colorado River, as well as added strength provided through local water investments in stormwater capture, water recycling and groundwater recharge — and how each of these sources have been impacted by California’s changing climate.

“We’re proud to have LADWP’s support in the development of this resource,” said Charley Wilson, SCWC Executive Director. “SCWC members have been hard at work innovating and modernizing our region’s water systems and it’s important that the communities we serve understand that their water comes from a variety of wide-ranging sources, as far away as the Eastern Sierras and as close as their backyards.”

The video series was made possible through generous funding provided by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.  Animation studio Epipheo also produced SCWC’s Recycled Water video series and a video encouraging California legislators to fund recycled water projects.

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Water: Too Precious to Use Just Once is a short and informative three-part video series produced by the Southern California Water Coalition’s Water Recycling Task Force that tells the story of how recycled water will help Southern California build a resilient water supply for the future.

In this series, we find out what water recycling is, how safe it is, and how it is used and will be used in the future. As state and local leaders look for ways to help us cope with extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, depleted groundwater basins and more, using more recycled water just makes sense.

Each short video is a great primer on the basics of water recycling and its importance as part of a diverse set of solutions employed by water agencies and local government to stretch our limited water resources as far as possible. The bite-sized videos are meant to be shared, so be sure to pass them along to your family and friends who may want to learn more about smart, innovative ideas for sustainability.

The video series was made possible through generous funding provided by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the work of the dedicated members of SCWC’s Water Recycling Task Force video subcommittee. Subcommittee members included representatives from Carollo Engineers, Eastern Municipal Water District, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Los Angeles County Public Works, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, San Diego County Water Authority, Santa Margarita Water District, UCLA,  and the Water Research Foundation. The water experts teamed up with the video and storytelling experts at Epipheo to produce the series.

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Water: Too Precious to Use Just Once es una serie de videos breves e informativos de tres partes producida por el Grupo de Trabajo de Reciclaje de Agua de la Coalición del Agua del Sur de California que cuenta la historia de cómo el agua reciclada ayudará al sur de California a construir un suministro de agua resistente para el futuro.

En esta serie, descubrimos qué es el reutilizameniento del agua, qué tan seguro es y cómo se usa y se usará en el futuro. A medida que los líderes estatales y locales buscan formas de ayudarnos a hacer frente a las sequías e inundaciones extremas, el aumento de las temperaturas, el agotamiento de las cuencas de agua subterránea y más, usar más agua reciclada tiene sentido.

Cada video breve es una excelente introducción a los conceptos básicos del reciclaje de agua y su importancia como parte de un conjunto diverso de soluciones empleadas por las agencias de agua y el gobierno local para estirar nuestros limitados recursos hídricos tanto como sea posible. Estos cortos videos están destinados a ser compartidos, así que asegúrese de compartirlos con sus familiares y amigos que quieran aprender más sobre ideas inteligentes e innovadoras para la sostenibilidad.

La serie de videos fue posible gracias a la generosa financiación proporcionada por el Departamento de Agua y Energía de Los Ángeles y el trabajo de los miembros dedicados del subcomité de videos del Grupo de Trabajo de Reciclaje de Agua de SCWC. Los miembros del subcomité incluyeron representantes de Carollo Engineers, Eastern Municipal Water District, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Los Angeles County Public Works, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, San Diego County Water Authority, Santa Margarita Water District, UCLA,  y Water Research Foundation. Los expertos en agua se unieron a los expertos en video y narración de historias de Epipheo para producir la serie.

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