Sep 11 2014
Not a day goes by that somewhere, somehow the drought is mentioned. It’s even on Caltrans traffic signs. “SAVE WATER” is everywhere. Yet, even the most common-sense politician in San Diego, Dianne Jacob, apparently does not make the connection between how our water is used and the on-going drought. Supervisor Jacob lauds San Diego’s growing […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage, wet centuries
Aug 28 2014
The old adage, “We don’t miss the water ’till the well goes dry” is happening in California. “Hundreds of rural San Joaquin River Valley residents no longer can get drinking water from their home faucets because California’s extreme drought has dried up their individual wells..” Buried on page A24 of the UT San Diego dated […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, potable, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Aug 27 2014
The following is the response by Gary Arant, General Manager, Valley Center MWD to the blog titled Water-The Third Rail Part XXXI Water Storage. NOT! Posted on August 24, 2014. [Anyone who wishes to may comment on the blogs in the space provided on the website. Comments are approved before being posted] Thanks for letting […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, water rate hike, wet centuries
Aug 23 2014
Common love language goes something like this: Two people come together, there is a spark and bingo, as marriage vows go, the two become one, but they still have their own identities. So why not duplicate this in the physical world to make water? A water molecule is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, and […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, wet centuries
Aug 13 2014
San Diego’s drought is three years old, with no end in sight. Less publicized is the ten year drought for the Colorado River basin, County that has dropped Lake Mead to its lowest level since it began filling in 1939, the source of sixty percent of the water imported into San Diego An eye-popping event […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water rates, water Storage, wet centuries
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