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water conservation
Mayor lifts city’s water-use restrictions
September 4, 2012
Beginning Wednesday, city residents can water their lawns, wash their cars and fill swimming pools without facing fines. Fishers
also lifted its conservation order, effective Saturday.
MoreWater utility eyes rate hikes to promote conservation
August 31, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water is considering changes in the way it bills customers to conserve water during future droughts. Among the changes
could be periodic rate hikes to discourage heavy usage on peak days.
MoreWater utility exploring drastic options to satisfy long-term demand
July 28, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Water engineers are considering various methods, both short-term and long-term, to meet increasing demand on the
water supply of Indiana’s largest metro area, which might need 50 million gallons more water per day as early as five
years from now.
MoreFire, water worries grow worse amid Indiana drought
July 11, 2012
Associated PressIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is banning lawn watering in the city beginning Friday, and all smoking has been banned during
a county fair in central Indiana because of the conditions caused by this summer's drought.
MoreCitizens not ready to get behind historic designation for Central Canal
April 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyPreservationists want protections for the historic waterway, but the utility that just bought it is afraid National Register
status will cause unintended consequences.
MoreGroup forms to protect Pleasant Run watershed
June 12, 2010
IBJ StaffLed by Sky Schelle, east-side residents have formed The Friends of Pleasant Run.
MoreCity flush with energy-saving ideas for building
April 20, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCity-County Building energy-efficiency upgrades are set to be unveiled Tuesday afternoon. The nearly 50-year old landmark
is the centerpiece of the city's greener-building initiative.
MoreAdvisory panel urges EPA to back plan to pay for green projects via property tax
November 28, 2009
Chris O'MalleyBy issuing “voluntary environmental improvement bonds,”, local and state governments could
create special taxing districts that finance homeowner purchases of everything from solar panels to rain
gardens.
MoreCompanies reap rewards on irrigation investments
November 7, 2009
Brock BenefielMike’s Express Carwash uses a lot of water. There’s just no getting around it. So when automated systems engineer
Ryan Binkley looked for ways to conserve resources, he focused on the company’s irrigation systems.
MoreCity's water system wasted a billion gallons last year
July 16, 2007
Chris O'MalleyRecords show 17 percent of the 51 billion gallons Indianapolis Water treats and pumps from its plants never so much as moves
a digit on customers' water meters.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.