California seeks to build one of world's largest recycled water programs

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is in talks with Los Angeles County sanitation districts about developing what could be one of the largest recycled water programs in the world.
In a committee meeting Monday, the agency’s staff presented the framework of a plan to purify and reuse as much as 168,000 acre-feet of water a year – enough to serve about twice that number of households for a year  http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mwd-recycled-water-20150922-story.html
Article courtesy of Los Angeles Times/ latimes.com by Matt Stevens

Uber’s Plan for Self-Driving Cars Bigger Than Its Taxi Disruption

Uber has fundamentally changed the taxi industry. But its biggest disruption may be yet to come.
The ride-hailing company has invested in autonomous-vehicle research, and its CEO Travis Kalanick (pictured above) has indicated that consumers can expect a driverless Uber fleet by 2030. Uber expects its service to be so inexpensive and ubiquitous as to make car ownership obsolete. Such ambitious plans could make its disruption of the taxi industry look quaint in comparison
- See more at: http://mobilitylab.org/2015/08/18/ubers-plan-for-self-driving-cars-bigger-than-its-taxi-disruption/#sthash.cak7Sysz.ohfyOuOc.dpuf  http://mobilitylab.org/2015/08/18/ubers-plan-for-self-driving-cars-bigger-than-its-taxi-disruption/
Article courtesy of Mobility Lab by Paul Goddin