Jul 4 2014
Is water a basic human right? There are literally thousands of books and papers written attempting to answer this question. This five hundred or so word blog cannot possibly be a silver bullet to provide an answer for the fact that thousands of people die every day, seven days a week, all year-long from lack […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Jul 3 2014
When confronted with a page of water numbers and stats, unless you are an engineer or math major, the eye takes it all in and goes immediately to the glaze setting. Especially if there is no graphic break to the numbers up. This blog has tried to steer away from such a mind-numbing experience, but […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Jul 1 2014
Good editorial and the headline in today’s UT San Diego editorial is certainly true in more ways than one. SAN DIEGO’S WATER FUTURE AT STAKE. But not one single sentence or paragraph about the USEPA waiver for the Pt. Loma WWTP expiring on July 31, 2015 that places San Diego in the precarious position of non-compliance […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
Jun 28 2014
Whenever the subject of raising water rates comes up, politicians head for the exits, despite the fact that essentially water pricing is established by government fiat. When Bill Gates published the Version 1.0 of Microsoft Windows November 20, 1985, what would have happened if some government bureaucrat had decided that “for the common good” pricing […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage
Jun 25 2014
Hello, anybody home on the 11th floor of City Hall? It has been nearly a month since I mailed a letter to Mayor Falconer asking what his position is on the USEPA waiver. The letter is posted below and included a copy of the letter with a self-addressed envelope to save time. At a minimum perhaps […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
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