Aug 28 2014
The old adage, “We don’t miss the water ’till the well goes dry” is happening in California. “Hundreds of rural San Joaquin River Valley residents no longer can get drinking water from their home faucets because California’s extreme drought has dried up their individual wells..” Buried on page A24 of the UT San Diego dated […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, potable, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Aug 27 2014
The following is the response by Gary Arant, General Manager, Valley Center MWD to the blog titled Water-The Third Rail Part XXXI Water Storage. NOT! Posted on August 24, 2014. [Anyone who wishes to may comment on the blogs in the space provided on the website. Comments are approved before being posted] Thanks for letting […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, water rate hike, wet centuries
Aug 24 2014
Gary Arant, General Manager at Valley Center Water District (VCMWD) authored an opinion piece in the 8/23/2014 UT San Diego titled “Water Bond Never Depicted As Panacea”. He knows about water and water distribution overseeing forty-two reservoirs with a capacity of 421 acre feet; 291 miles of water lines using twenty-six pump station containing ninety-six […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0
Aug 23 2014
Common love language goes something like this: Two people come together, there is a spark and bingo, as marriage vows go, the two become one, but they still have their own identities. So why not duplicate this in the physical world to make water? A water molecule is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, and […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, wet centuries
Aug 22 2014
Mother Nature is unpredictable. We may see massive downpours to break the drought, but the latest El Nino forecasts are looking grim. With only a 65% probability of a weak El Nino, it appears there will be little water to fill the reservoirs, and Lake Mead is predicted to fall below the 1075 ft. level, […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, dry centuries, La Nina, MWD, purple pipe, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
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