Probably one of the most important historical sambistas of Brazil, Riachão is — along with Batatinha, Walmir Lima, Ederaldo Gentil, Nélson Rufino, and Edil Pacheco — the cream from the Bahian samba. An effective artist of the air in the 1940s and 1950s, Riachão also worked well in the movies A Grande Feira (Roberto Pires, 1961) and Pastores da Noite (Marcel Camus, 1972). He paid tribute to Batatinha within the recording Diplomacia, interpreting, as well as Batatinha, Ederaldo Gentil, Nélson Rufino, Walmir Lima, and Edil Pacheco, “De Revólver, Não!” (Batatinha/Walmir Lima). Subsequently, Riachão was paid tribute in the documentary Samba Riachão (by Jorge Alfredo), offered in 2001 in the Film Event of Brasília, where admirers of his function like Caetano Veloso (who documented with achievement his “Cada Macaco no seu Galho”), Gilberto Gil, Dorival Caymmi, and Tom Zé, amongst others, offered shifting testimonies. His picturesque method of composing songs changed him in to the musical chronicler from the older Salvador (Bahia’s capital). Every relevant occurring in the town, like the arson in the Mercado Modelo (“Incêndio perform Mercado Modelo”), was portrayed by him in the tempo from the Bahian samba and a straight-ahead and well-known language. His strategy has other superb good examples in sambas like “Retrato da Bahia,” “Bochechuda,” and “Papuda,” compositions that taken to him the Gonzaga trophy. Created and elevated in the Garcia borough, since age group nine Riachão had been frequenting serenatas and batucadas around a nearby, composing his first structure, a samba, at 12. In 1944, he was employed from the Rádio Sociedade, where he performed inside a vocal trio in the Display Pindorama auditorium system. Released by Antônio Maria using the music “Vida da Semana,” Riachão became a single singer. Affected by Dorival Caymmi, he made a decision to spend himself to samba. After Caymmi, Riachão was the initial Bahian composer to possess songs documented in Rio de Janeiro in the ’50s: “Meu Patrão,” “Saia,” and “Judas Traidor,” simply by Jackson perform Pandeiro. Eraldo Oliveira afterwards documented “A Nega Que Não Quer Nada,” as well as the vocalist Maria Inês documented “Terra Santa.” Riachão also acquired “Vamos Pular, Gente” and “Vá Mamar em Outro Lugar” documented by other performers.
Suggestion Hangouts: Where To Find Hot Product Ideas To Use For Creating Your Next Best-selling Ebook
46,094.
That’s the number of times I’ve been asked “Where can I locate warm item concepts to blog about in my following book?”
Actually. I’ve been maintaining matter.:o-RRB-.
OK, so it’s most likely not rather that often times, yet you understand.
I obtain asked that concern a LOT.
Therefore, I’ve chosen to share my preferred “concept hangouts”.
That’s right … “concept hangouts.” It’s been my experience that there specify areas where warm item suggestions are constantly collected. I call them “suggestion hangouts.”.
*** Idea Hangout # 1 ***.
Among the “concept hangouts” that I’ve determined is Amazon.com.
Amazon.com is the internet’s biggest book shop.
It’s additionally a recreation center for brand-new item suggestions. I utilize it as one of my leading conceptualizing sources. Repeatedly I see this website to find up with subjects to cover.
What makes Amazon.com so valuable as a research study device for obtaining originalities is their searchable data source of publications. If you simply recognize exactly how to utilize it, there are thousands of terrific suggestions hiding in there.
Which’s what I’m right here for.:o-RRB-.
I’m mosting likely to reveal you just how to locate warm item suggestions with Amazon.com anytime you desire.
It’s actually an issue of 3 basic actions …
STEP 01: >> > Decide Upon A Broad Category. When conceptualizing suggestions, you should start with a wide classification to collaborate with. Some instances may be: weight management, advertising, dating, traveling, baseball.
You require that in advance of time. Determine a wide topic that you understand is preferred (I.E. You recognize that dropping weight is ALWAYS mosting likely to be a prominent topic, as is “generating income.”).
As an instance for this post, I’m mosting likely to select GOLF.
ACTION 02: >> > Search Amazon’s Database. After selecting your wide subject to study, it’s time to see Amazon.com.
Particularly, you’re mosting likely to SEARCH their data source of publications they are offering.
Upon coming to their website, situate their SEARCH type. At the time of this writing, it remained in the top left hand edge of their primary web page. Draw the food selection down as well as choose BOOKS from the choices.
In the area supplied, enter whatever wide classification you selected. I would certainly key in “Golf”. (You do not require quote marks).
Hundreds (or also thousands) of publication listings need to show up as an outcome of the search if you did certainly begin with a wide group.
ACTION 03: >> > Brainstorm Ideas From The Listings. Allow the conceptualizing session start! Currently it’s time to check out guides that are provided as well as jot down as lots of feasible concepts as you can locate.
Seek the various TYPES of publications covered the topic, determining various THEMES, SUBCATEGORIES as well as designs.
Allow’s look at an instance …
When I searched for LookedGolf”, I was able to immediately spot quickly detect lots ideasTerrific There were great deals of various motifs from “finding out to damage 100” to “cutting 10 shots off your rating” to “7 shots that will certainly transform your golf video game for life.”.
Once more, we have lots of various concepts below. Particular golf overviews like “Florida golf”, “golf in Tennessee” and also “golf the Robert Trent Jones route” show up, as well as publications on “the finest golf programs in America,” “ideal maintained tricks: terrific golf programs you’ve most likely never ever played,” as well as “golf getaway overviews.”.
Making money from Golf. What regarding “running an on the internet golf public auction”, “arranging a golf event for earnings” or also “creating info items concerning golf!”.
There are millions of bucks in service offers bargained on the golf training course every solitary year. “How to work out organization offers throughout golf getaways,” “Legal golf tax obligation reductions for businessmen,” and also “company workshops as well as golf: exactly how to blend training as well as enjoyable for optimum revenue” are simply a couple of even more concepts worth discovering.
My, my, my there are so several concepts drifting around in right here! Source overviews to locating the ideal offers on playing golf items, exactly how to bargain discount rates, as well as exactly how to locate the ideal items for your details golf video game additionally come to mind as item suggestions.
One Broad Category (Golf).
+ Amazon.com Searchable Database of Books.
= 28 Potential Product Ideas.
See just how simple that was? I discovered TWENTY-EIGHT possible brand-new item concepts (as well as there were MANY MORE that I really did not discuss in this write-up) from an easy conceptualizing workout utilizing ONE “concept hangout.”.
There’s reached be a record-breaker because number someplace. As well as definitely with a little “mix -n- suit” I can develop a hit item with these concepts.
Okay, eh?
Currently it’s YOUR turn. It’s an easy system for generating item suggestions anytime you desire.
Like now.
It’s been my experience that there are details locations where warm item suggestions are constantly collected. It’s additionally an area facility for brand-new item suggestions. Allow’s look at an instance …
When I searched for LookedGolf”, I was able to immediately spot right away identify loads ideasWonderful “How to work out service offers throughout golf getaways,” “Legal golf tax obligation reductions for businessmen,” as well as “service workshops as well as golf: just how to blend training as well as enjoyable for optimum revenue” are simply a couple of even more suggestions worth checking out.
Source overviews to locating the finest bargains on playing golf items, just how to discuss discount rates, as well as just how to locate the finest items for your certain golf video game likewise come to mind as item suggestions.
QUINTERO, Chile, Jul 04 (IPS) – A health crisis that in 20 days left 500 children poisoned in the adjacent municipalities of Quintero and Puchuncaví triggered the decision to close the Ventanas Smelter, in a first concrete step towards putting an end to a so-called “sacrifice zone” in Chile.
The measure was supported by President Gabriel Boric who reiterated his determination to move towards a green government.
The decision by the state-owned National Copper Corporation (Codelco), the world’s leading copper producer, was announced on Jun. 17, following a temporary stoppage of the plant eight days earlier, and was opposed only by the powerful Federation of Copper Workers.
The union reacted by calling a strike, which ended after two days, when the leaders agreed to discuss an organized closure of the smelter, which will take place within a maximum of five years. The smelting and refining facility will be replaced by another modern plant at a site yet to be determined.
The smelter is an outdated facility that has suffered repeated episodes of sulfur dioxide pollution, one of the chemicals causing the deteriorating health of the inhabitants of Quintero, a city of 26,000, and Puchuncaví, population 19,000.
In the last three years Codelco invested 152 million dollars to modernize the smelter but without success, admitted Codelco’s president, Máximo Pacheco.
Pacheco argued that the closure was due to “the climate of uncertainty that has existed for decades, which is very bad for the workers, their families and the community.”
Sara Larraín, executive director of the non-governmental organization Sustainable Chile, said the definitive closure of the plant does justice.
“It is the first step for Quintero and Puchuncaví to get out of the category of damage that is called a ‘sacrifice zone’ where for decades the emission standards have been exceeded,” she told IPS.
“Sacrifice zones” are areas that have suffered excessive environmental damage due to industrial pollution. Residents of poor communities in these areas bear a disproportionate burden of pollution, toxic waste and heavy industry.
The two adjacent municipalities, 156 kilometers west of Santiago, qualify as a sacrifice zone, as do Mejillones, Huasco and Tocopilla, in the north, and Coronel in southern Chile, because the right to live in a pollution-free environment is violated in these areas.
In Quintero and Puchuncaví the main source of sulfur dioxide is the Ventanas Smelter, responsible for 61.8 percent of emissions of this element, causing widespread health problems.
Fisherman-diver forced to move away returns to Quintero
Carlos Vega, a fishermen’s union leader in Quintero, is the third generation of divers in his family.
“My grandfather, a fisherman, taught me how to make fishing nets. He had a restaurant on the coast,” he told IPS, visibly moved, adding that his two brothers are also fishermen and divers, who catch shellfish among the rocks along the coast.
“Fishing was profitable here. We were doing well and making money,” he said.
He added that people are well-organized in the area. “At one time we were the largest producer” of seafood and fish for central Chile, “because we had management and harvesting areas. But they had to close because of the pollution,” he said, describing the poverty that befell the local fishers in the late 1980s.
Then the health authorities found copper, cadmium and arsenic in the local seafood and banned its harvest. As a result, the small fishermen’s bay where they keep their boats and sell part of their catch lost their customers.
The crisis forced him to move to the south where he worked for 15 years as a professional diver in a salmon company.
Today, back in Quintero, with two sons who are engineers and a daughter who is a teacher, he continues to dive, albeit sporadically. He participates along with 27 fishermen in the management area granted to the north of the sacrifice zone, where they extract shellfish quotas two or three times a year.
“The social fabric was broken down here, that is the hardest thing that has happened to us,” said Vega.
Codelco is not the only polluter
Codelco is the main exporter in Chile, a long narrow country of 19.1 million people sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains where the big mines are located. In 2021 it produced 1.7 million tons of copper and its pre-tax income totaled nearly 7.4 billion dollars.
“Chile is the leading global copper producer and the world is going to become more electric every day,” said Pacheco. “And copper is the conductor par excellence, there is no substitute. We have to be ready for copper to be increasingly in demand in this energy transition.”
The president of Codelco emphasized that the wealth does not lie in exporting concentrate, which has 26 percent copper, but anodes with 99 percent purity, “and for that we need a smelter and a refinery.”
But the smelter, he explained, must be modern and not like Ventanas, which only captures 95 percent of the gases released. In the last three years, Codelco has lost 50 million dollars in the Ventanas smelter, which has a production scale of 420,000 tons. A modern Flash furnace produces 1.5 million tons and captures 99.8 percent of the gases.
The Ventanas Smelter employs 348 people and another 400 in associated companies. Half of them do not live in the area but in Viña del Mar, Villa Alemana or Quilpué, towns that are also in the region of Valparaíso, but are located far from the pollution.
The smelter is part of an industrial cluster that includes 16 companies.
After the latest health crisis, the authorities decreed contingency plans in plants and maritime terminals of six companies for emitting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and applied an Atmospheric Prevention and Decontamination Plan.
Four coal-fired thermoelectric plants also pollute the area, one of which was definitively closed in December 2020 and another that was to be closed last May, although the measure was postponed.
According to environmentalist Larraín, when the smelter and the four thermoelectric plants are closed “better standards can be achieved, at least with respect to sulfur dioxide and heavy metals,” in Quintero and Puchuncaví.
Kata Alonso, spokeswoman for the Mujeres en Zona de Sacrificio en Resistencia (Women in Sacrifice Zone in Resistance) collective, told IPS that “the prevention plan is good so that people don’t continue to be poisoned, so that they can breathe better, and so that the companies that pollute can close their doors, instead of the schools.
“There are companies that were built before the environmental law was passed that have not taken health measures. So what we are asking is for each company to be evaluated, and those that do not comply with the regulations must leave,” she said.
The repeated crises occur despite the fact that Chile’s environmental standards are below those of the World Health Organization (WHO).
For level 10 particulate matter, the mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets in the air, the ceiling in Chile is 150 milligrams per cubic meter (m3) and the WHO ceiling is 50.
For particulate matter 2.5 (fine inhalable particles), in Chile the limit is 50 milligrams per m3, while the WHO guideline is 25. And the Chilean ceiling for sulfur dioxide is 250 milligrams per m3 compared to the WHO’s limit of 20.
Three years ago, the Chilean Pediatric Society and the Chilean Medical Association requested that Chile raise its emission standards to WHO levels.
Alonso the activist said that “my two neighbors died of cancer, whoever you ask in Puchuncaví has relatives who died of cancer. Today people are dying younger, breast and uterine cancer have increased in young women, and there are so many miscarriages.
“The statistic we have is that one in four children in Puchuncaví are born with severe neurological problems, down syndrome, autism. Here in Quintero there are two special education schools and many children with learning disabilities,” she said.
Larraín called for “government support for those who have been affected by irreversible diseases, asthma, lung cancer and others that have been proven to be caused by coal combustion and heavy metals.”
The Catholic University conducted a study using data on hospitalizations and mortality in Tocopilla, Mejillones, Huasco, Quintero and Puchuncaví.
“The rates for cardiovascular disease associated with industrial processes are clear. In some cases they are 900 percent higher. Calling them sacrifice zones is real, it refers to impacts that are occurring today,” said Larraín.
The environmentalist said it would be difficult to revive Quintero Bay “because it has a gigantic layer of coal at the bottom, dead phyto and zooplankton because water is used for cooling in industrial processes and is dumped back out with antialgaecides that kill marine life.”
She believes, however, that “over the years, the capacity for regeneration is possible, even in agriculture that has been lost due to sulfur dioxide emissions. There may also be a recovery in fishing and tourism.”
But Larraín demanded “a just transition that restores healthy levels and regenerates ecosystems so that local communities can sustain their economy in a healthy and ecologically balanced environment.”
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As a blogger and designer, looking for how to get free stock photos is an integral part of my blog posting workflow. When I’m looking to create a professional design for a client I would probably would want to buy stock photos (for licencing reasons) on sites like iStock, , or Shutterstock. But on my own blog or one of my projects I would defiantly prefer going with free stock photos instead.
Unfortunately, these days it’s hard to find great hi res photos that are free for commercial use and ones that are truly original and creative. In the past, the time I spent on finding free high resolution photos was taking most of my time. But not anymore!
2 Things To Know About Licenses
A large number of these photos are free from copyright limitations or licensedunder creative commons public domain dedication. This implies you can duplicate, change, circulate and play out the work, notwithstanding for business purposes, all without asking consent.
On the other hand, some photos may require attribution. I’ve done my best to recognize which permit they fall under yet despite everything, I encourage you to do your own examination and decide how these pictures can be utilized.
With that covered, let’s see my top 25+ free stock photos sites.
Pexels is a search engine for the best free stock photos. It has become one of my primary tools for downloading stock photos that are free for personal and commercial use with no attribution required. Its set of features makes it easy to find and discover new creative photos by color, theme or by subject.
When it comes to a big variety of photos. You can count pexels to do the job of downloading free photos for your next project.
Bottom line: great for searching photos by color or theme
LibreStock is a free multi search engine that will check through over 40 different websites to find images that you can use for commercial or personal use. It’s growing collection of photos include excellent imagery, high quality and entirely free for you to do anything you want to with it, this is certainly a site worth looking at.
Bottom line: great for finding specific niche photos from different sites
Pixabay is a site with more than 670,000 free images, vectors and art illustrations. Their database is mainly contributed by the community members and contributors but the quality of the images is maintained and monitored by a group of website management staff who hand-pick the images to be included.
All content provided on this website (except sponsored images which are clearly mentioned) is free for use to everyone (see Pixabay FAQ here). They all fall under “public domain” territory.
Bottom line: lots of images and you can also search videos.
Unsplash is a collection of free high-resolution photos that releases 10 new photos every 10 days. All of their photos are released under the creative commons public domain license.
Gratisography is a free high-resolution pictures collection you can use on your personal and commercial projects. It updated weekly and have tons of new & inspirational photos in areas like Urban, Nature, Animals and more.
Bottom line: great for emotional or provocative photos.
Kaboompics has one of the most breathtaking free stock photos collection I’ve seen so far. It has a variety of pictures such as abstract photos, city & architecture photos, fashion, food and landscapes photos. All free for personal and commercial use!
Bottom line: great for abstract, fashion or food photos.
StockSnap.io has a large selection of beautiful free stock photos and high resolution images. Its search engine enables you to search through thousands of free photos to find what you’re looking for. In addition, the site tracks views and downloads so you can find the most popular photos available. All photos are released under creative commons public domain – no attribution required.
Raumrot is a categorized and handpicked stock photos collection that you can use for free. If you are looking for free stock images that follows a high artistic standard, you might find Raumrot very useful.Free for commercial use – attribution to the creator is appreciated. Raumrot is not the largest Free Stock Photo site, but it has incredible pictures and is very user friendly.
Bottom line: photos organized by sets (collections).
A curated collection of free resources, all for commercial use. Since the photos are curated from various sources, some photos may require attribution.
Bottom line: great tech and people photos collection!
The simplest site on this list, Picography is a scroll-through gallery of random shots offered by a handful of professional photographers. This site is perfect for designers looking for generally evocative photos (of which there are dozens).
Burst is a scroll-through collection of random shots for entrepreneurs offered by a handful of photographers. This site is perfect for entrepreneurs looking for some inspirational photos for their projects.
Freestocks is a collection of free high-resolution photos that releases 10 new photos every 10 days. All of their photos are released under the creative commons public domain license.
Pikwizard is a search engine for free stock photos. It has a very big collection of photos which include photos in unusual categories like seasons, animals, sports and more.
Bottom line: has unique categories such as sports, seasonal photos, animal photos and more.
Visual Hunt is great resource for royalty & restrictions free high resolution stock images, you have right to edit or modify to use them in personal or commercial projects. If you are blogger, you can easily embed the images using embed code provided with each image and align them how ever you want.
Bottom line: great people and animals high resolution photos.
MMT Stock is a collection of high resolution photos provided by Jeffrey Betts. Jeffrey likes to share photos of computers and workspaces as well as flowers and nature. All photos are released under Creative Commons CC0.
Bottom line: macro photos of flowers and drawing boards.
DesignersPics offers a variety of creative and conceptual free high-res photos. All photos are free for personal and commercial use. No attributions required!
Bottom line: great for conceptual photos.
Looking for food photos?
Here’s all the free food stock photos websites I’ve found.
This great website is a resource of FREE food pictures available to download and use for any personal or commercial purpose.How to get free stock photos? It’s easier now as you can also sign up to their newsletter and get free food photos to your inbox.
Bottom line: every foodie’s dream, find photos on any category related to food.
Kaboompics has one of the most breathtaking free stock photos collection I’ve seen so far. It has a variety of pictures and I know I’ve mentioned them already, but I’ve noticed they have a great taste in food pictures that honestly, really make me hungry!
FoodShot is a free food stock photos collection provided by FoodScene – a platform that helps you to become a food critic and open a food column of your own. All of FoodShot stock photos are handpicked and curated from around the web purely from sites where photos are distributed for free use.
Bottom line: drinks, fruits and delicious food waiting for you there.
Picjumbo is a personal favorite of mine due to its impressively easy navigation and extremely high-resolution photos (with no required attribution). This site also happens to sport a great collection of food shots, so if you’re running a restaurant or nutrition-themed startup, it might be worth taking a browse.
Bottom line: has a variety of collections but food & drinks certainly stick out.
Nomad_Pictures has a very good photos collection that starts with food and drinks and goes to travel and tourism photos. I find their collection to be very creative and inspirational which sets them apart from most photos sites. If you’re looking for an inspirational or creative photos this should be your go-to place!
Bottom line: sea food, fruits, fast food and desert photos are among the best I’ve found so far.
FancyCrave has beautiful & selective creative common zero licensed images from Flickr and publishes 2 new high quality stock photos & images everyday. All images has not restrictions and you can use it for your personal and commercial projects without any copyright issues. Attributions is not required but highly appreciated.
Bottom line: baking, tea, coffee, fruits and everything in between.
Looking for travel photos?
Here’s all the free travel stock photos websites I’ve found.
Moveast is a great collection of free travel stock photos made by João Pacheco from Portugal. He’s a designer who’s traveled east and decided to upload all of his photos to his website for free use. So It has a lot of very original photography that surrounds cultures and nature.
Bottom line: a journey around the world filled with photos of cultures and people.
If you are looking for stock images related to travel and destinations, Travel Coffee Book is the perfect choice for you. Contains plenty of travel related high resolution stock photos and built with newsletter subscription form to get notified you whenever they have updated new stock images.
Bottom line: stunning landscape photography and more.
Nomad_Pictures has a very good photos collection that starts with food and drinks and goes to travel and tourism photos. I find their collection to be very creative and inspirational which sets them apart from most photos sites. If you’re looking for an inspirational or creative photos this should be your go-to place!
Free JPG is a search engine for free stock photos, but I’ve found it’s travel section very interesting – I bet you can find some really useful photos there. You can use the images however you want including web, presentations, brochures, templates, T-Shirts, posters, blog etc. If you are a professional or amateur photographer, you can contribute your images to free jpg along with all rights.
Bottom line: a mixture of backpacking and cultural photography.
Shutteroo founded by Australian web developer named Klaye Morrison, who’s working at the Melbourne based design agency. You are free to use all images anywhere you like such as personal and commercial projects, but you may not able to resell / redistribute them or claim the ownership of the images. Of course you can use them with your blog posts without any attribution.
Bottom line: beaches, sun and everything you need for your next vacation (kind of photos).
Conclusion
The past two years have been a blessing for designers and bloggers all over the world. As a growing number of free stock photos for commercial use websites are taking over the internet. They all share beautiful structure and amazing photography for any kind of project. And the most important part – they’re free.
I’ve made this post to finally answer the question of how to get free stock photos and I hope you find it useful
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Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
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OTHELLO WILL TOUR FROM AUTUMN ONWARDS, OPENING AT CURVE THEATRE LEICESTER ON 19 SEPTEMBER 2022.
Frantic Assembly is delighted to announce casting for its acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Othello which will tour from this autumn, opening at Curve Theatre Leicester on 19 September. A new video about the production featuring Frantic Assembly Artistic Director and Co-Founder Scott Graham is also released today alongside a trailer (featuring previous cast). Both are available to download here.
Michael Akinsulire (Trigger Point, Stephen, both ITV) will play Othello, Joe Layton (The Unreturning, Frantic Assembly; Young Wallander, Netflix) will play Iago, Chanel Waddock (Rock, Paper, Scissors, Sheffield Crucible; Hamlet, National Theatre) will play Desdemona, Oliver Baines (I Like The Way You Move , Frantic Ignition 2019, Theatre Peckham) will play Montano, Tom Gill (Vigil, BBC; Britannia, Sky) will play Cassio, Felipe Pacheco (Brassic, Sky; The Responder, BBC) will play Roderigo, Hannah Sinclair Robinson (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, UK and Ireland Tour; Rockets, Blue Lights, both National Theatre) will play Bianca, Kirsty Stuart (I Think We Are Alone, Frantic Assembly; Call the Midwife, BBC) will play Emilia, and Matthew Trevannion (War Horse, National Theatre; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, West End) will play Brabantio.
Five members of the Othello cast and creative team are past graduates of Frantic Assembly’s Ignition programme including Associate Director David Gilbert, Co-Choreographer Perry Johnson,Joe Layton (Iago), Oliver Baines (Montano) and Felipe Pacheco (Roderigo), proving that Frantic Assembly is at the forefront of finding, developing, and providing opportunity for new talent from all over the UK.
Ignition is a free, nationwide talent development programme for young people aged 16-24. It seeks out underrepresented talent in unexpected places, playing a vital role in dismantling barriers that can prevent fresh perspectives from revitalising the Arts. Ignition continues to transform lives, open doors and allows young people to reach beyond what they thought they were capable of.
Frantic Assembly Co-Founder and Artistic Director Scott Graham said: “It is wonderful to be able to take our work back out on tour, to connect and demonstrate the talent of this brilliant cast within a story that feels as urgent and thrilling as ever”.
Blisteringly relevant today, Othello exposes the tension, fear and insecurity buried beneath the veneer of our relationships and how easily that can be maliciously exploited. Lies and truths are blurred to create a poison paranoia that eats away from the inside, manipulating and destroying, turning a community upon itself.
Frantic Assembly takes Shakespeare’s muscular and beautiful text, combines its own bruising physicality, and presents an Othello firmly rooted in a volatile 21st century. This is a world of broken glass and broken promises, of poisonous manipulation and explosive violence. Othello’s passionate affair with Desdemona becomes the catalyst for jealousy, betrayal, revenge and the darkest intents.
Originally presented to great acclaim in 2008 and 2014, this updated version in co-production with Curve Theatre Leicester, will tour to Curve Leicester, Liverpool Playhouse, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Theatre Royal York, Yvonne Arnaud Guildford, Oxford Playhouse, The Lowry Salford Quays, MAST Mayflower Studios Southampton, Connaught Theatre, Worthing and the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre London.
Frantic Assembly’s other current and upcoming work includes Frantic Assembly STUDIO, an innovative new digital resource platform for teaching drama in secondary schools launching in September and a thrilling new take on Kafka’s Metamorphosis to premiere and tour in 2023.
Press Night for Othello will be Wednesday 21 September at Curve, Leicester.
OTHELLO
A Frantic Assembly Production, co-produced with Curve. Originally a Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth collaboration, in association with Royal & Derngate Northampton and developed at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London.
Creative Team Director Scott Graham Designer Laura Hopkins Lighting Designer Natasha Chivers Associate Lighting Designer Matt Whale Sound Designer Gareth Fry Associate Sound Designer Rob Parkinson Music Hybrid Casting Director Will Burton CDG Associate Director David Gilbert Co-Choreographer Perry Johnson
Tour dates 19th September – 1st October Curve Leicester Studio 4th October – 8th October Liverpool Playhouse 11th October – 15th October Theatre Royal Plymouth 18th October – 22nd October Theatre Royal, York 1st November – 5th November Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford 8th November – 12th November Oxford Playhouse 15th November – 19th November The Lowry, Salford Quays 22nd November – 26th November MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton 29th November – 2nd December Connaught Theatre, Worthing 19th January 2023 – 11th February Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London
A slyly funny and heart-warming tribute to childhood before technology. . . The last day of the family’s annual visit to the farm is filled with intrigue. Grandma is questioned, a long-forgotten book of letters is revealed, and Operation Finders-Keeper is set into motion. Still, it takes the trip home to finally uncover the answers Randy Ray’s daughter is seeking.
Targeted Age Group:: All audiences Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 1 – G Rated Clean Read
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Some of my fondest memories while raising our two daughters were visiting the library and reading bedtime stories. It made me think “someday I’ll write a children’s book.” After twenty-seven years of Federal service, someday finally came. That’s how it was!
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Many people wonder . . . what does a part Hispanic, part Native American woman, who has lived her entire life in New Mexico, know about growing up on a farm in the predominantly German and Scandinavian mid-west? Simply put . . . I married into it. Back in the day when I was dating, I had a dear friend tell me if I found someone who had a happy childhood, he’d be a good catch. I didn’t give it much thought at the time, but it may have been a premonition on her part. I hit the jackpot! It turns out the love of my life had a wonderful, happy childhood growing up on a farm in the country. Over the years I’ve listened to my husband and his cousin talk about their mischievous escapades. Thus, the main characters and their stories are loosely based on real life.
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ACWA CONFERENCE: Voluntary Agreements Update
At a December 2018 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, the Board was considering one of the highest-profile, complex water management issues: the adoption of Phase One for the Lower San Joaquin River for the update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan.
“The Board was presented the potential for something different,” said Chelsea Haines, ACWA’s Regulatory Relations Manager, who opened the panel discussion at the ACWA Spring Conference in May 2022. “I think that potential is the culmination of the ideas and opportunities that people on this stage today brought forward. The State Water Board moved forward with adopting unimpaired flows for the lower San Joaquin, but in doing so, created an interesting opportunity in their resolution for the idea of a voluntary agreement.”
In March of 2022, three and a half years later, the Newsom administration and the public water agencies involved in the negotiations announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on measures to provide additional water flows and new habitat to help improve conditions in the Delta watershed.
DR. JAY LUND: Smarter Gambling with Water – Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Jay Lund, the immediate past chair of the Delta Independent Science Board, gave a presentation on the DISB’s recently-completed Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation Related to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
“The title of this presentation is ‘Smarter Gambling with Water,’ because much of what we’re doing with the Delta is inherently risky,” Dr. Lund said. “We don’t really know what the next year’s hydrology is going to be. We don’t know exactly what the next decade’s hydrology is going to be. We don’t know whether particular actions of any sort, be they ecosystem, restoration actions, or others, are going to behave exactly as we would hope or was as people have promised us even, because this Delta is a very complex place subject to a lot of variability.”
FIVE QUESTIONS: Charley Wilson, Southern California Water Commission
The Southern California Water Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, comprised of leaders from a variety of businesses, cities, agricultural groups, labor unions, environmental organizations, water agencies, as well as the general public. Established in 1984, the Coalition has 200 members from across Southern California who facilitate productive dialogue and build consensus to solve California’s most critical water issues.
Charles Wilson is the Executive Director and CEO of the Coalition, a position he has held since 2016. He has been a leading public affairs professional in Southern California for more than 30 years and is principal owner of PC Consulting Services Inc. I asked him about Southern California’s water conservation numbers, how the region is implementing stormwater capture, and why SoCal should be supportive of Sites Reservoir, a Northern California reservoir project.
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July 1
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani
As we enter summer’s anvil, where are we reservoir storage wise?
Relative to other years we have been fortunate in one sense since the excruciating heat waves that we have become all too familiar with have not emerged (… at least not yet). In fact, sporadic early summer storms have even provided some respite.
In California water news this week …
California’s drought means less water to go around. Who is winning the pursuit for water — and who is losing?
“After three years of drought, the massive state and federal water projects that serve California’s cities and farms have less water to distribute, forcing water managers to increasingly ration supplies. This year, squeezed extra tight by the prolonged drought conditions, both the state and federal water projects are expecting to deliver mere fractions of what cities and farms are asking for. … Everyone gets less water during a drought. But the breakdowns of the state and federal projects’ water allocations show some groups — particularly farmers who have longtime rights to divert water — faring better than others. … ” Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle here: California’s drought means less water to go around. Who is winning the pursuit for water — and who is losing?
Huge reservoir near Bay Area could be expanded to store more water
“Motorists zooming along Highway 152 through Pacheco Pass between Gilroy and Los Banos notice an unusual site amid the parched, oak-studded hills: A vast inland sea. The shimmering body of water, San Luis Reservoir, is 7 miles long and a key part of California’s modern water supply created when President John F. Kennedy pushed a dynamite plunger there in 1962 to kick off its construction. Today water from the massive lake irrigates farmland across the Central Valley and also provides drinking water for Silicon Valley, including San Jose. Last Friday, a major new construction project started at San Luis — a $1.1 billion plan by the federal government to strengthen the huge earthen dam and raise it 10 feet to reduce the risk of it collapsing in a major earthquake. But more than earthquake safety work is afoot. ... ” Read more from the San Jose Mercury News here: Huge reservoir near Bay Area could be expanded to store more water | Read via the Woodland Dail7 Democrat
California’s ‘broken’ water supply forecast to be audited
“There’ll be an audit of California’s water supply forecast after the state overestimated and prematurely released 700,000 acre-feet of water last year, officials announced Monday. A news release from Assemblymember Adam Gray (D-Merced) announced that Gray’s request for audit was approved. It aims to examine the impacts of the flawed forecasts and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and State Water Board. “Errors on this scale have real and measurable consequences,” Gray said in the news release. … ” Read more from Channel 10 here: California’s ‘broken’ water supply forecast to be audited
California well water bill survives Senate committee
“A bill which would change the way groundwater wells are approved in California took a step forward Wednesday as it survived a fight in a California state Senate committee. The legislation was introduced by Assemblymember Steve Bennett, Democrat from Ventura, and would change the way new and expanded water wells are approved in California; focusing on areas that are experiencing rapid decline in groundwater reserves. Bennett told the committee that the goal of the bill is to provide some teeth to groundwater sustainability agencies (GSA), which are tasked with coming up with sustainable groundwater discharge plans under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act passed in 2014, to oversee new and expanded wells. ... ” Read more from the Courthouse News Service here: California well water bill survives Senate committee
Another group of Kern County water districts forming their own groundwater agency in face of possible state action
“A group of water districts clustered on the western edge of Kern County that are currently members of the Kern Groundwater Authority (KGA) announced they will form their own groundwater sustainability agency. The Westside District Water Authority, made up of the Belridge Water Storage District and the Lost Hills and the Berrenda Mesa water districts, announced at the June 22 KGA meeting, it would form its own groundwater agency but remain a member of the larger authority, according to General Manager Mark Gilkey. He said the districts share a number of similarities apart from the larger Kern subbasin, including that they overlie an area with very little useable native groundwater, and should have formed their own GSA years ago. This will bring the number of GSAs in the Kern subbasin to 13, the largest being the KGA. … ” Read more from SJV Water here: Another group of Kern County water districts forming their own groundwater agency in face of possible state action
New data viewer allows public to see the hidden groundwater basins beneath our feet and helps decision makers prepare for drought impacts
“With California in the third year of a severe drought and facing continued extreme weather swings, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been developing and using new data and forecasting tools to better anticipate and manage available water supplies. One new technology that DWR is implementing statewide is collecting airborne electromagnetic (AEM) data across California to better understand the groundwater aquifer structure and to support the state and local goal of sustainable groundwater management. The AEM method is an innovative helicopter-based technology that has been compared to taking an MRI of the subsurface, which helps DWR to better understand underground geology. The resulting underground images provide local groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) with data to identify priority areas for recharging groundwater. … ” Read more from DWR News here: New data viewer allows public to see the hidden groundwater basins beneath our feet and helps decision makers prepare for drought impacts
Groundbreaking celebrates California’s largest tidal habitat restoration project
“Today, state, federal, and local agencies gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the largest tidal habitat restoration project in California history. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP) are teaming up on the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project in Solano County. It is a multi-benefit effort to restore the site to a tidal wetland, creating habitat and producing food for Delta Smelt and other fish species while also creating new flood capacity in the Yolo Bypass and reducing overall flood risk in the Sacramento area. “Drought and climate change have elevated the importance of these types of multi-benefit projects,” said DWR Director Karla Nemeth. “This project will reduce flood risk for communities in the Central Valley and create much-needed habitat for Delta Smelt and other endangered and threatened fish species.” … ” Read more from DWR here: Groundbreaking celebrates California’s largest tidal habitat restoration project
Sacramento County wants to float money into new bill to remove over 30 abandoned vessels
“A privately-owned and abandoned former military boat recently burned by a fire will remain in one of Sacramento County’s waterways along with more than 30 other discarded watercraft, creating health and safety hazards. It would cost the county an estimated $6 to $9 million to safely remove and dispose of these “abandoned and derelict commercial vessels,” and there currently is no California program with the funding, authority or expertise to do the job. So, the abandoned vessels will continue to sit there in the water. “We don’t know how long they will remain there,” said Natasha Drane, Sacramento County’s governmental relations and legislative officer. … ” Read more from the Sacramento Bee here: Sacramento County wants to float money into new bill to remove over 30 abandoned vessels
A watershed moment with DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi and Ajay Goyal
“Our partnership with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is the bedrock for expanding our climate-modeling scenarios and tools to four additional watersheds in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV.) We sat down with Kamyar Guivetchi, Manager of the Division of Planning, and Ajay Goyal, Manager of the Statewide Infrastructure Investigations Branch, to talk about DWR’s role in the watershed expansion, what big-picture water management looks like now in California, and what it could, and hopefully should, look like in the future. Q: Thanks for chatting with us, both! So, a broad question to start: why does DWR see the Merced pilot and the watershed expansion as important for California water management? A: Kamyar Guivetchi (KG): Well, your question goes to the heart of the matter: climate change and how it’s dramatically altering California water resources, and the way we need to operate and modernize our infrastructure. … ” Read more from Sustainable Conservation here: A Watershed Moment with DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi and Ajay Goyal
Press release: Public records act requires water district to disclose identities of wasteful water users
“Multiple media outlets have submitted public records requests to LVMWD, requiring the District to make public the names of its customers throughout the service area who are not compliant with the current water use restrictions. LVMWD’s policy is to maintain the confidentiality of its customer records and not to share the information without consent of the customer. However, the California Public Records Act compels the District to release certain information for customers who use water in a manner that is inconsistent with applicable policies. As a result, the District must release certain information on customers who have routinely exceeded 150% of their water budgets or otherwise not complied with water use restrictions since LVMWD declared a local drought emergency on November 2, 2021. It is important to note that no information will be released for customers who have consistently complied with the District’s water use restrictions. … ”
Click here to read the full press release from Las Virgenes Municipal Water District.
Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric
“Unprecedented dryness across the western United States is meeting with increasingly warm temperatures to create climate conditions so extreme that the landscape of California could permanently and profoundly change, a growing number of scientists say. The Golden State’s great drying has already begun to reduce snowpack, worsen wildfires and dry out soils, and researchers say that trend will likely continue, along with the widespread loss of trees and other significant shifts. Some say what’s in store for the state could be akin to the conditions that drove people thousands of years ago to abandon thriving cities in the Southwest and other arid parts of the world as severe drought contributed to crop failures and the crumbling of social norms. … ” Read more from the LA Times here: Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric | Read via Yahoo News
The Pacific Ocean near San Francisco has been the coldest it’s been in more than a decade. Here’s what that means
“The water along the Bay Area coast has been so cold lately that surfers have wished they had thicker wetsuits. Farther offshore, it’s been even colder. For example, a weather buoy at Bodega Bay recorded water temperatures as low as 47.8 degrees on June 21, the coldest it’s been that day for over a decade. That compares to a mean over the decade of around 51 degrees for June, typically the coolest month for that buoy, and other buoys in the area have shown similar trends. It’s been so cold that some fish appear to have been staying in the warmer waters of the bay. ... ” Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle here: The Pacific Ocean near San Francisco has been the coldest it’s been in more than a decade. Here’s what that means
Newsom has a plan to keep the lights on in California — using fossil fuels
“A controversial plan from Gov. Gavin Newsom would reshape how business is done on the California power grid, potentially helping to extend the life of beachfront gas plants and the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, making it easier for solar and wind farm developers to sidestep local government opposition, and limiting environmental reviews for all kinds of energy projects. State lawmakers could vote as early as Wednesday night on the polarizing legislation, whose text was revealed late Sunday. The bill would give the Department of Water Resources unprecedented authority to build or buy energy from any facility that can help keep the lights on during the next few summers — including polluting diesel generators and four gas-fired power plants along the Southern California coast that were originally supposed to close in 2020 but were rescued by state officials. ... ” Read more from the LA Times here: Newsom has a plan to keep the lights on in California — using fossil fuels | Read via Yahoo News
And lastly … Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west, how it’s already impacting the people who live there, and what God has to say about it.
In commentary this week …
Sites Reservoir: A new reservoir for a new climate
Jerry Brown, Sites Project Authority Executive Director, writes, “In a year of unprecedented drought, a policy brief recently released by the independent Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) affirmed the need to modernize our state’s aging water infrastructure and highlighted the opportunities to better manage our water supplies by capturing excess storm and flood outflow from the Sacramento River. Today there is no existing infrastructure in place to capture and store truly excess water flows from the Sacramento River when they happen for use in subsequent dry years. Even in dry California, there are times when flows in the Sacramento River are huge, presenting an unrealized opportunity to capture and store significant amounts of water generated by stormwater and flood flows. This can be done safely for fish and is where Sites Reservoir would play a major role in adapting California’s water management for the changing climate. … ” Continue reading at the Sites Reservoir website here: Sites Reservoir: A new reservoir for a new climate
Comfortable cities ignore state water regs during drought
Ed Osann, Director of National Water Use Efficiency/Water Initiatives for the NRDC, writes, “This is a story within a story. The big picture is that California and much of the West is once again in extreme drought. From 2014 to 2017, California experienced its worst drought since statehood. Yet now, barely five years later, 97 percent of the state is experiencing severe drought again, and portions of Southern California that depend on the shriveled supplies of the State Water Project are under major curtailment orders. … The climate of the future has arrived. In the face of worsening drought, we’ve pointed out a wide set of measures that State and local governments, water utilities, and water customers can take to use drinking water more efficiently and better prepare for a warmer and drier future. See nine recommendations we made here last August. Yet in many of Southern California’s affluent, hip, and otherwise comfortable communities that depend on water from far-away sources, City Hall leaders continue to shrug off their responsibility to implement one of the state’s oldest water-saving statutes, the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act of 1992. … ” Read more from the NRDC here: Comfortable cities ignore state water regs during drought
Wine industry must use less water
Esther Mobley writes, “On Tuesday I moderated a panel at Napa Thrives, a wine-industry conference focused on climate change. The subject of my panel was one that’s been on many Californians’ minds lately: water. Notwithstanding the 2 inches of rain the North Bay got last weekend, we are still in a severe drought. A lack of water affects all of our lives here; California just ordered cities including San Francisco to stop pumping water from rivers and creeks. But it presents existential questions for California agriculture, including wine, as climate change intensifies our state’s drought cycle. If wine is to have a future here, it has to figure out how to reduce its water consumption. … ” Read more from the Anderson Valley Advertiser here: Wine industry must use less water
California’s climate-change fight should leverage blue carbon
Matthew Costa, a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and Melissa Ward, a research scientist at the University of Oxford and San Diego State University, write, “Climate change is causing heat waves, drought, fires, and other impacts across California. We must address these life-threatening issues by decreasing emissions and increasing removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. While California can lead on technological solutions, we should also immediately adopt low-cost and environmentally beneficial nature-based solutions while other methods are brought on-line. Adapting how California manages its forests, grasslands and farmlands can increase carbon sequestration. But no other ecosystem in the state can, on an acre-for-acre basis, soak up more carbon than coastal wetlands and seagrass beds (more than 10 times faster than terrestrial forests). … ” Read more from the San Jose Mercury News here: California’s climate-change fight should leverage blue carbon
How can California lead the U.S. in solving an ocean pollution crisis? One word: plastics
Anja Brandon, U.S. plastics policy analyst at the Ocean Conservancy and one of the architects of Senate Bill 54, writes, “When I reminisce about the time I spent at the beach as a kid, I remember peering into tide pools and splashing in the cool water of the Pacific. Something I don’t remember — but that now seems inescapable — is plastic pollution, everywhere. The difference is not my imagination. Global plastic production has nearly tripled in my lifetime. Plastics have reached every corner of the planet, from deep ocean trenches to mountaintops and even our lungs and bloodstreams. Single-use plastics are especially pervasive. More than half the litter found on our beaches and waterways by the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup over the past three decades was single-use plastic packaging and food ware. … ” Read more from the Sacramento Bee here: How can California lead the U.S. in solving an ocean pollution crisis? One word: plastics
In regional water news this week …
Irrigators, tribes object to extending Klamath Project interim operations plan
“Farmers, ranchers and tribal members alike are urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation not to extend its interim operations plan for the Klamath Project, describing it as “unworkable and irrational.” The plan is a product of complex water management scenario in the Klamath Basin. It provides a formula for how much water will be allocated each year to irrigators, while balancing water needs for endangered fish in the Klamath River and Upper Klamath Lake. Brian Person, a senior adviser for the Bureau of Reclamation in Klamath Falls, said the current interim plan was formalized in March 2020 and was set to expire Sept. 30. … ” Read more from the Herald & News here: Irrigators, tribes object to extending Klamath Project interim operations plan
Oregon State partnering with Yurok Tribe to envision Klamath River after dam removal
“Oregon State University researchers will embark in July on a 3½-year partnership with the Yurok Tribe to study what the connections between river quality, water use and the aquatic food web will look like after four Klamath River dams are dismantled. “We want to fill in gaps in the Western science as well as gaps in how we make equitable decisions based on both ecological science and Indigenous knowledge,” said OSU’s Desiree Tullos, professor of water resource engineering and the project’s leader. “Our partnership with the Yurok Tribe aims to bring together multiple and complementary ways of understanding and making decisions about the Klamath system.” The joint project with the Yurok Tribe is the first attempt to represent tribal knowledge in decision processes in the Klamath Basin, she said. … ” Read more from Oregon State University here: Oregon State partnering with Yurok Tribe to envision Klamath River after dam removal
What do increased releases from Folsom Dam mean for region’s water levels?
“Rising river levels? It’s been a surprising sight in recent days for people out along the American River. California is in year three of a severe drought and people are being asked to conserve, but water releases from Folsom Dam are being dramatically increased this week. Parts of the American River Parkway that had been dry ground just a few days ago are now covered with water, which is something surprising to many people along the shoreline. Releases from Folsom Dam have nearly doubled in the last week, causing levels on the lower American River to rise a foot and a half. … .So why is more water being released when we’re still in a drought? … ” Read more from CBS 13 here: What do increased releases from Folsom Dam mean for region’s water levels?
Marin district to vet costs, benefits of new water sources
“Marin Municipal Water District will hold a series of meetings focused on adding new water sources. The district, which serves 191,000 central and southern Marin residents, launched a water supply study in March as it faced depleting its local reservoir supplies after two years of severe drought. On Tuesday, staff will provide the district Board of Directors a first-time overview of the various water supply options the agency could consider as it looks to bolster its supply. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. Among the options being studied are desalination, increasing local reservoir storage, groundwater banking in Sonoma County, increasing water imports from the Russian River, expansion of recycled water systems, conservation measures and a pipeline across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. … ” Read more from the Marin Independent Journal here: Marin district to vet costs, benefits of new water sources
Central Coast groundwater fight pits small farmers against world’s largest carrot growers
“In the early afternoon in the Cuyama Valley, a hot June sun bears down as a dry wind gusts through the remote area that runs along San Luis Obispo County’s southeastern border. Dust devils whip up the fine, tan soil, interrupted only by a pair of two-lane highways and the few hundred buildings that make up the valley’s towns of Cuyama, New Cuyama and Ventucopa — total population, roughly 660 people. It’s an arid contrast to the region’s dominating business of agriculture fed solely by a declining and far-from-infinite groundwater basin. … ” Read more from the San Luis Obispo Tribune here: Central Coast groundwater fight pits small farmers against world’s largest carrot growers
In wake of Poseidon desal plant’s denial, South Coast Water looks to fill hole in county’s water portfolio
“As the State of California faces a record drought, ocean desalination has been highlighted as a potentially more reliable alternative to imported water. Following the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) unanimous vote to deny permits for the Brookfield-Poseidon Desalination plant in Huntington Beach last month, the South Coast Water District (SCWD) is working to obtain all major permits for its own desalination plant near Doheny by the end of the year. The local water district is looking to produce up to five million gallons of potable drinking water a day by 2027 through its proposed Doheny Ocean Desalination project. The Poseidon plant would have produced up to 50 million gallons of potable water daily. … ” Read more from Dana Point Times here: In wake of Poseidon desal plant’s denial, South Coast Water looks to fill hole in county’s water portfolio
