Jun 13 2014
On May 28th, I wrote Mayor Kevin Falconer asking if he favored the EPA waiver that would allow the Pt. Loma Wastewater plant to continue its failure to meet the requirements of the 1972 Clean Water Act. The current waiver expires in July 2015, exactly a year from now. Will those in charge wait to […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rates, water saving
Jun 4 2014
On Sunday June 1st, a ninety-one year-old marathon runner, Harriette Thompson, set a new world record, running a marathon in her age class, in 7:07:42. It is an astounding feat that encourages all of us. Much has changed since she was born in 1923. Technological advances have generally made all of our lives better, especially […]
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
Jun 2 2014
Now that the Carlsbad desalination plant is nearing completion, it’s hard to find detractors. No question it’s a welcome addition to the effort for San Diego’s water independence. Let us however keep it in perspective. Fifty million gallons per day sounds like a river of water, and it would be a torrent if it was […]
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
Jun 1 2014
“When the San Diego Women’s Foundation took a hard look at the most pressing issues of the year, water conservation and quality floated to the top”, was the lead paragraph in a piece by Deborah Sullivan Brennan in today’s UT San Diego (6/1/2014) “Foundation funds water programs”. “Water conservation?” “Quality?” Never mind the $166,000 that […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, purification, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
May 29 2014
New X-Box games, new flat screen TV, another four-wheeler and a bigger trailer to haul the stuff to “The River”. We all know this family who have maxed out their credit cards, are teetering on the brink of not making their mortgage payment, where the lady of the house has her nails done weekly and […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, Reservoir Augmentation, water Storage, wet centuries
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