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 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, […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, residential water user, SDCWA, water rate hike, water Storage
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 […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, purification, purple pipe, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
May 24 2014
We have all experienced an “A-HA” moment. In cartoons it’s shown as a light bulb in the word bubble above a cartoon character’s head. After more than a decade researching, writing and pondering why the San Diego water policy makers and implementers have failed to address the water issue where eighty-five percent of our water […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purple pipe, SDCWA, State Water Project
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