Mineta san jose airport and to two other spots to the south. Its gonna take probably three years to five years to get that system in place. Were looking at moving this as quickly as possible. And it could be seven years before the purified water percolates into the ground and eventually is drawn into the drinkingwater supply. Because of the long timeline, a major focus now is on lawn removal and replanting with droughttolerant plants. Valley Water District pays 2 per square foot, which covers from 20 to 66 of the cost. As i showed earlier, wed only done 160,000 square feet before the drought. Since then, weve done 2 million square feet of lawn, and we need to do millions, millions more. And San Jose Water Company is seeking approval to install hightech water meters to give customers feedback on their conservation. Theyre gonna have instantaneous information as to their water use, very much like pg e. You know, one example i saw was youre gonna know when you flush your toilet. It gets d
Today. Thanks to veterans day. Temperatures chilly. Santa rosa 48. 50s elsewhere. We definitely are dealing with dense fog this morning as well. Reduced visibility down to a tenth of a mile in san jose. Livermore as well. 3 10 of a mile there. You may run into more dense fog and reduced visibility out there on the road. Zero visibility from our reporting station in petaluma. Napa , fairfield seeing feet as visibility. Be cautious if you are heading on the roadways. Well see street closures. Here is a little event forecast for you, sunday street block party. Embark company dare row closed down. Sunny after the fog dissipates. Full forecast coming up. Hillary clinton is blaming james comey for her defeat in the president ial race. During a call with Campaign Donors clinton said her campaign had been winning the race against trump until comey revived the investigation into her email accounts. He sent a second letter exonerating clinton but she said the damage was done by then. People angr
Mineta san jose airport and to two other spots to the south. Its gonna take probably three years to five years to get that system in place. Were looking at moving this as quickly as possible. And it could be seven years before the purified water percolates into the ground and eventually is drawn into the drinkingwater supply. Because of the long timeline, a major focus now is on lawn removal and replanting with droughttolerant plants. Valley Water District pays 2 per square foot, which covers from 20 to 66 of the cost. As i showed earlier, wed only done 160,000 square feet before the drought. Since then, weve done 2 million square feet of lawn, and we need to do millions, millions more. And San Jose Water Company is seeking approval to install hightech water meters to give customers feedback on their conservation. Theyre gonna have instantaneous information as to their water use, very much like pg e. You know, one example i saw was youre gonna know when you flush your toilet. It gets d
San jose to a sight near mineta san jose airport and to two other spots to the south. Its gonna take probably three years five years to get that system in place. Were looking at moving this as quickly as possible. And it could be seven years before the purified water percolates into the ground and eventually is drawn into the drinkingwater supply. Because of the long timeline, a major focus now is on lawn removal and replanting with droughttolerant plants. Valley Water District pays 2 per square foot, which covers from 20 to 66 of the cost. As i showed earlier, wed only done 160,000 square feet before the drought. Since then, weve done 2 million square feet of lawn, and we need to do millions, millions more. And San Jose Water Company is seeking approval to install hightech water meters to give customers feedback on their conservation. Theyre gonna have instantaneous information as to their water use, very much like pg e. You know, one example i saw was youre gonna know when you flush
Equal time correspondent, jessica munday, begins our coverage with a look at the problem. The state of california has been in a severe drought for several years and has been under a state of emergency declared by governor jerry brown in january of 2014. Lack of rain, only 44 of the season average during these dry years. Here in Santa Clara County, most of the water is imported, half coming from the deltas aqueducts carrying water from snow and rainfall in the sierras, the other half from water pumped out of the ground. Most of our water and most people dont know this most of our water actually comes from outside of the county. So, about 55 of it actually comes from outside of the county. Most of it comes from the sacramento san joaquin delta. California is estimated to have used 81,000 acre feet of ground water storage in 2014. Thats enough for 81,000 suburban households in one year. Most of our water goes to agriculture with only a small percentage for urban use. If you look at, you k