May 15 2014
How serious is this drought? It depends on who you ask, but actions speak louder than words. On May 15, 2014, for the first time in the history of the Central Valley Project, releases from Friant Dam have been ordered by the Bureau of Reclamation (BLM) to make up for the loss of water from […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, Reservoir Augmentation, SDCWA, water rate hike, water rates
May 12 2014
If you were a resident of San Diego in 1856, you might have looked skyward and wondered what happened to the clouds that bring rain. That year it rained only five inches between July 1855 and June 1856. Then for the next five years the rainclouds deposited about eight inches a year. But the sky […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, Reservoir Augmentation, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage, 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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