May 17 2014
Ahhhh! The high Sierras where the water is sweet, clear and cold. Open a faucet in Truckee, California to enjoy a refreshing glass of that marvelous refreshing liquid, direct from the melting snow of the surrounding mountains. Wrong! Well, partially wrong. Near the Truckee Airport is a facility called the Tahoe-Truckee Sanitary District Water Reclamation […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
May 8 2014
An old adage goes: “Water flows uphill to money”. And it was never truer than now as agri-business lobbies to get the last drop of water out of the ground in the sinking Central Valley to grow thirsty crops sold overseas. “Associated Press 05/06/2014 03:31:25 PM PDT By Garance Burke SAN FRANCISCO — Water has […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, potable, precipitation, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rates, wet centuries
May 7 2014
As the drought in California heads for another dry summer, the city of Santa Barbara, CA is about to restart a long abandoned desalination facility. Up the coast a few miles from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara has enjoyed high quality water from the Santa Ynez Mountains. They have not had to import water like their […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, residential water user, State Water Project, wet centuries
Apr 29 2014
Memo To: Matt O’Malley, San Diego Coast Keeper and Everett Delano, Esq. From: Milt Burgess RE: California’s Drought Your lawsuit against the State Water Authority says, “The San Diego County Water Authority must do more to address the environmental impacts of its water supply sources.” The bubble that apparently surrounds the offices of the San […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, State Water Project, water Storage, wet centuries
Apr 26 2014
When San Diego residents taps are dry, an extended drought will not be the cause. Really?? “Brown Issues Sweeping Drought Proclamation” this morning”s San Diego UT said in a headline above the fold. And what effect will this have on the average San Diego water user? Very little. People will go on flushing their […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, State Water Project, water infrastructure, water Storage, wet centuries
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