Mar 24 2014
In the blog, First in Time, First in Right, I talked about the inequalities of access to clean water around the world, and about how little we really appreciate being able to flush a toilet and fill a glass with clean water from a faucet. That last phrase is a big deal in Southern India […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, Direct, drought, dry, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, reuse, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Mar 22 2014
Today is World Water Day .but my guess is there are only a few water wonks that have noted it. I’m not even sure why there is a day so noted. Is there a purpose? The average person flushes the toilet and draws a glass of water with no thought about how the water came to […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project
Mar 8 2014
A friend of mine once said, “instead of getting down in the weeds of an issue, first go to 30,000 feet to grasp the whole of it”. The subject of the drought and the complexity of Western States water is a prime example. The seven Western States, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: conservation, precipitation, residential water user, reuse
Feb 23 2014
Norm Miller, an economist at the University of San Diego says in the 2/23/2014 San Diego UT, to the question, “Will the state water shortage have major consequences for the local economy in the immediate future”:http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/21/econometer-water-shortage-consequences/ “No, there is excess demand for water because it is too cheap.” And he goes on to say, “It […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: drought, dry, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rain, SDCWA, water Storage, wet
Feb 16 2014
A Hobson’s choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered. As a person may refuse to take that option, the choice is therefore between taking the option or not; “take it or leave it”. The phrase is said to originate with Thomas Hobson (1544-1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England. To rotate the use of his […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, SDCWA, water Storage
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