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Bacteria Beach: “A day at the beach should never make you sick!”

Leave it up to us, the Heal the Bay Beach Water Quality Team, to determine when it’s safe for you to swim.
Posted: 5/13/2013

Malibu Creek Watershed - Ecosystem on the Brink

A scientific roadmap for protecting a critical natural resource.
Posted: 3/18/2013

Going, going, gone? Vanishing DDT is big surprise at ocean deposit off Los Angeles

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold is quoted in an Environmental Health News article about decreased pesticide deposits in L.A. County waters.
Posted: 3/13/2013

Refreshing the Clean Water Act

The LA Times featured an Op-Ed by IoES Associate Director Mark Gold about the federal law turning 40 this week.
Posted: 10/17/2012

Marine biology researchers adapt Billy Joel hit to explain their work

UCLA scientists sing about their coral reef research.
Posted: 8/13/2012

Town Hall LA to run water professional roundtable

89.3 KPCC featured a story about a Southern California water resource management conference that IoES Associate Director Mark Gold is participating in.
Posted: 3/21/2012

UCLA summit explores future of water in southern California, forges vision for local source development

UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and the Water Technology Research Center hosted “The Future of Water in Southern California."
Posted: 3/8/2012

The Lost Wetlands of Los Angeles

KCET.org featured a story about a new report on Ballona Creek co-authored by IoES Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore.
Posted: 3/6/2012

New beach water rules: Enough to make you sick

An LA Times op-ed by Institute Associate Director Mark Gold argued that the EPA has not done enough to ensure water quality and protect beach users.
Posted: 2/7/2012

UCLA summit looks at future of water in Southern California

The summit is is sponsored by the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs; the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; and UCLA's Water Technology Research (WaTeR) Center.
Posted: 1/25/2012

Heal the Bay president steps down to take UCLA post

The LA Times reported on Dr. Mark Gold's new appointment as Associate Director at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 1/10/2012

Mark Gold named to UCLA environmental post

Gold will serve as the Institute's Associate Director.
Posted: 1/10/2012

In Los Angeles, paddling down a concrete river

Sean Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center, was quoted in an Associated Press article about efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River.
Posted: 8/29/2011

Profs’ water-cleaning system could save campus thousands of gallons, dollars

UCLA’s power plant had something that professors Yoram Cohen and Panagiotis Christofides wanted: hopelessly filthy water. And they have invented something that the Cogeneration Plant wanted: a way to clean it up.
Posted: 8/5/2011

UCLA Law report recommends improvements in state's groundwater regulation

Better management is key to securing California's water supply for future.
Posted: 8/1/2011

Ocean's harmful low-oxygen zones growing, are sensitive to small changes in climate

IoES Affiliate Professor Curtis Deutsch co-authored a new study about how climate affects the growth of harmful ocean zones that threaten marine life.
Posted: 6/17/2011

The Future of Water in Southern California

The inaugural meeting of the UCLA Water Resources Group brought water experts and concerned citizens together to review insights and recommendations regarding future water demands.
Posted: 5/31/2011

Heal the Bay 2011 Beach Report Card

Water quality at LA County beaches worsened between 2010 and 2011 and water quality statewide dipped slightly but remained “very good to excellent,” according to the annual report released May 25 by environmental group Heal the Bay.
Posted: 5/25/2011

The Dry Garden: Looking at redesigned LADWP bill and considering the true cost of water

IoES Professor Matt Kahn and IoES Advisory Board member Mark Gold are cited in a LA Times blog about the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power redesigning the monthly bill its customers receive.
Posted: 5/16/2011

Water shortages threaten the American West lifestyle

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Director Glen MacDonald is quoted in a Miller-McCune magazine article about water shortages in the western United States.
Posted: 5/16/2011

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