Jul 24 2014
The last blog, Water-The Third Rail Part XVIII, discussed the makeup of the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and its twenty-four water districts represented on the SDCWA board by thirty-six appointees. Now let’s take a look at the water districts. Although there are twenty-four water districts, there are apparently just sixteen managers, whose average […]
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, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage, wet centuries
Jul 23 2014
This blog has mentioned the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) many times. Just who is this faceless acronym? The San Diego County Taxpayers Association summarizes the organization like this: “There are a number of agencies responsible for providing water to ratepayers in San Diego County. This includes five water districts, three irrigation districts, eight […]
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, water rate hike
Jul 21 2014
There is something fundamentally wrong with the way our society is organized when the safety and health of a city like San Diego is dependent upon an appointed board like the San Diego County Water Authority. They have spent two billion dollars over the past decade to build water storage facilities, when the need is […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
Jul 18 2014
Let’s face it, the SDCWA made a $416 million bet four years ago with our money and lost. No matter how the San Vicente dam raising is spun, the article admits there is no more water behind the dam now than there was before it was raised, “and it will take several years” to accomplish […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, purification, rainfall, residential water user, water districts, water rate hike, wet centuries
Jul 11 2014
In the July 9, 2014 San Diego Union Tribune on the front page is a story about the deepening drought. In the Business section is an announcement of a new 332 room hotel. No problem, since we have limitless water supplies, right? Wrong! This new hotel will hook onto the existing system of imported water […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, drought, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage
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