Aug 22 2014
Mother Nature is unpredictable. We may see massive downpours to break the drought, but the latest El Nino forecasts are looking grim. With only a 65% probability of a weak El Nino, it appears there will be little water to fill the reservoirs, and Lake Mead is predicted to fall below the 1075 ft. level, […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, dry centuries, La Nina, MWD, purple pipe, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Aug 21 2014
At an 1893 Irrigation Congress in Los Angeles, after listening for several days to those who proclaimed the vast wealth of an irrigated West, [John Wesley Powell] rose to speak, saying: When all of the rivers are used, when all of the creeks in the ravines, when all the brooks, when all the springs are used, […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
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
Aug 12 2014
The title of this blog does not refer to the SDCWA. It is aimed at those who authored the water bond. Dennis Cushman said in today’s UT San Diego (8/12/14), “……the proposed bond would allow the region TO COMPETE for $700 million in funds for recycling projects, which are key to making the San Diego […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, purification, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage, wet centuries
Aug 10 2014
This blog has previously mentioned the book, “The Failure of Nerve” by Edwin H. Friedman. It is a book all leaders should read. In today’s UT San Diego many column inches are devoted to water issues and the drought. One is “Crunch Time To Rewrite Water Bond, Atkins Warns by Chris Nichols and the other […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, purification, purple pipe, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, wet centuries
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