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
Apr 24 2014
What does the recycling of water have in common with the news about the tragic loss of lives with the sinking of the South Korean ferry? No, it’s not that both are connected with water. In the case of the ferry, hundreds of lives depended upon the judgment and decision-making of the very few who […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, La Nina, precipitation, purification, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
Apr 9 2014
An engineer in Central Texas sent me an email today. There is little doubt the difference between politicians and engineers is different in Texas. Here is what he had to say: I really enjoyed your book “Water Shock.” You are concerned about water availability in Southern California. We are experiencing significant water issues in Central Texas. […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water infrastructure, water Storage
Apr 6 2014
A front page article in the Sunday San Diego UT:”We have a problem that we live in a desert and that has not been assumed as such, said Joaquín Bohigas, an astronomer and member of Red Calidad de Vida, a network of organization for civic groups in Ensenada.” It is not a dream sequence. Ensenadas […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, potable, precipitation, residential water user, State Water Project, water rates, water Storage
Mar 27 2014
In Water Shock, I wrote the following in the Afterword: Researching the historical data for this book has deepened my understanding of how temporary are the changes to our ecosystem made by human endeavors, from the Hohokam in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix, Arizona) thousands of years ago to the Central Valley in California […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, SDCWA, water Storage
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