This post is all about heavy lifting. First, we’ve linked to this discussion about the Edmonston Pumping Plant that lifts the water up over the Tehachapis mountains for our benefit here in SoCal. We SoCal inhabitants must import more than 50% of our water from upstate or out of state, spending hundreds of millions and a huge portion of the state’s electricity resources to do so. Then, when we receive the free resource of rainwater from the sky, we throw it away to pollute our ocean. So, to keep things balanced, we included a link to the pdf of the new NRDC report on Cities and their Stormwater strategies called Rooftops to Rivers. Remember to bend your knees and keep your back straight…
