Jun 17 2014
Brent was taking Roger Hedgecock’ place today on radio station KFMB 760 while Roger is away. Brent was discussing Slate Magazine’s article “Thirsty West: Why Californians Will Soon Be Drinking Their Own Pee”. It’s a much better option than desalination, they said simply because after spending a billion dollars for the desal plant in Carlsbad, […]
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Jun 15 2014
In Part II of “Water-The Third Rail”, the blog was a bit crude when saying the Pt. Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant (PLWTP) takes the chunks out sewage at the rate of two hundred million gallons a day, and dumps the rest in the ocean. It is true. But we need to be more specific to […]
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Jun 14 2014
The US EPA waiver that allows the Pt. Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant to continue operating below the standards set by the 1972 Clean Water Act expires in July 2015. To paraphrase a famous line out of The Treasure of Sierra Madre, one of my favorite Humphrey Bogart movies still on late night cable TV, “We […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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