Jul 5 2015
In the Fall of 1977, a frantic city manager made a 2:00 AM call to the engineer responsible for starting up the Tahoe-Truckee Reclamation Plant. The manager screamed into the telephone, “I don’t care what I promised, shut off that fire hydrant you’re using to fill the plant with water!” “Why?”, the engineer asked. “You’re […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, global warming, Human-caused climate change, La Nina, MWD, potable, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, Reservoir Augmentation, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water infrastructure, water rate hike, water rates, water Storage, wet centuries
Jun 23 2015
.In “Water Shock, The Day Southern California Went Dry”, catastrophic events occur quickly that deprive millions of California residents of life-giving water. What if, instead of a single shattering event, there is a slow grinding drought that lasts until 2035? What then? How many people could the San Diego region support with the currently limited […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, drought, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, potable, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, Reservoir Augmentation, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water districts, water rate hike, water rates, water Storage, wet centuries
Jun 22 2015
“Moving to where the water is” – is a frequent phrase used in the Water Shock blogs. A case in point is the water war currently being waged in Cochise County, Arizona between long time Arizona farmers and newly arrived California farmers who have come to Cochise County where the aquifers underlying the county are […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water districts, water rate hike, water rates, water Storage, wet centuries
Jun 20 2015
For those who are interested in the ever-diminishing Colorado River, ProPublica has put together a series of articles dealing with the river titled “Killing the Colorado”. · Explore the River · What You Need to Know · Holy Crop · The Water Witch · Interactive: Watch Las Vegas Grow · End of the Miracle Machines […]
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, water Storage, wet centuries
Jun 17 2015
Whenever public water policy is discussed, the inevitable conclusion is the subject is too complex, has too many disparate stakeholders and defies simple solutions. This is especially true regarding partially recycled water distributed through purple pipe as opposed to recycled water to potable water standards. Usually it is decided both will be utilized. Recycling sewage […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage, wet centuries
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