North Bay Business Journal

  • ET Water receives $2 million investment

    March 22nd, 2011

    NOVATO — ET Water Systems, Inc., a green technology services company that specializes in water conservation, management and smart irrigation control, closed a $2 million round of funding.

  • Study estimates impact of proposed frost rules to top $2B

    November 1st, 2010

    SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES — The impact of proposed state rules controlling the use of Russian River basin water to protect winegrapes and other crops from frost damage could exceed $2.1 billion from lost business income, tax revenue, land values and 8,000-plus jobs in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, according to a new study by a Sonoma State University economist.

  • Spectra ups desalination efficiency

    April 26th, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — Spectrawatermakers has moved solar-powered desalination a major step forward with a new, super-efficient energy-recovery pump.

  • SCWA program ends

    April 19th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Water Agency will close its High-Efficiency Fixture Direct-Installation Program on April 30. The program provided funding for plumbing contractors to install high-efficiency toilets and other water-saving devices at no charge to homes and businesses within the agency’s sanitation districts and zones.

  • Green Business: Local governments add water-miser rules

    April 4th, 2010

    A number of the municipal water suppliers in Sonoma and Marin counties already have adopted a model water-efficient landscape ordinance developed by a working group led by Santa Rosa. The model ordinance was based on the statewide standard from the Water Conservation Landscaping Act, or Assembly Bill 1881, which took effect at the beginning of this year.

  • Growers, regulators craft methods to manage frost water

    March 8th, 2010

    GEYSERVILLE — Winegrape growers that depend on water in the Russian River Basin to protect their vines from frost assert they have a better idea of how much water they’re using and how to limit such use, while wildlife regulators say they’re getting more precise information of water overuse and tools to curtail it.

  • Sonoma gets energy funds

    February 22nd, 2010

    SONOMA COUNTY — Sonoma County was awarded $2,537,000 in State Energy Program funds from the California Energy Commission. The county’s application was ranked fourth highest, and it was one of only five applications funded statewide. It also received two additional awards through strategic partnerships.

  • Sonoma Supervisor Kelley set to lead statewide water group

    November 16th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – North Sonoma County Supervisor Paul Kelley will become president of the Association of California Water Agencies in December, putting him at the helm of one of the key agencies shaping statewide water policy.

  • Green Business: Marin explores AB 811 program

    October 5th, 2009

    Marin County residential and commercial property owners may soon get access to long-term financing for energy- and water-efficiency upgrades, similar to what has been available since this spring through the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program.

  • Freestone’s Osmosis Day Spa creates greywater wetland

    August 9th, 2009

    FREESTONE – Long-time champion of “green before it was green,” Osmosis Day Spa recently unveiled the culmination of more than a year’s worth of work to create a unique, on-site wetlands and water recycling habitat.

  • Green Business: Marin forum includes well-known author; Hall Wines earns LEED gold

    August 9th, 2009

    The organizers of the third-annual Marin Green Business Forum announced this year’s program, called “Green business leadership – taking local action for sustainable economic renewal,” which will feature renowned environmental author Hunter Lovins.

  • $14 million in requests for energy loans

    July 23rd, 2009

    SONOMA COUNTY – More than 355 Sonoma County residents have submitted applications to the Energy Independence Program, a financing tool for property owners wishing to make energy-efficient upgrades, requesting $14 million to retrofit their homes and businesses with energy water saving improvements.

  • Wineries employ water-saving systems; new look at ‘greywater’

    June 22nd, 2009

    GRATON – The wine and construction industries are finding new ways to reuse and conserve water as constraints are put on the supply of water.

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