Jul 1 2014
Good editorial and the headline in today’s UT San Diego editorial is certainly true in more ways than one. SAN DIEGO’S WATER FUTURE AT STAKE. But not one single sentence or paragraph about the USEPA waiver for the Pt. Loma WWTP expiring on July 31, 2015 that places San Diego in the precarious position of non-compliance […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
Jun 28 2014
Whenever the subject of raising water rates comes up, politicians head for the exits, despite the fact that essentially water pricing is established by government fiat. When Bill Gates published the Version 1.0 of Microsoft Windows November 20, 1985, what would have happened if some government bureaucrat had decided that “for the common good” pricing […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage
Jun 25 2014
Hello, anybody home on the 11th floor of City Hall? It has been nearly a month since I mailed a letter to Mayor Falconer asking what his position is on the USEPA waiver. The letter is posted below and included a copy of the letter with a self-addressed envelope to save time. At a minimum perhaps […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike
Jun 24 2014
Deborah Sullivan Brennan’s puff piece in the 6/23/2014 UT “City Hopes To Tap Into Purification Process” is a public relations effort for the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the San Diego Water Department. It was apparently written to show the latter two entities are doing something about reducing our dependence on imported water during […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purple pipe, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Jun 22 2014
“Crafting Water Bond For Ballot A Struggle” is the headline in today’s UT San Diego, a six column half page piece by Michael Gardner that has a serious omission. Without getting into the weeds of the plethora of arguments between competing interests, where in this article is any discussion of water pricing? Three indisputable facts […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, water rate hike, wet centuries
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