Jul 18 2014
Let’s face it, the SDCWA made a $416 million bet four years ago with our money and lost. No matter how the San Vicente dam raising is spun, the article admits there is no more water behind the dam now than there was before it was raised, “and it will take several years” to accomplish […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, purification, rainfall, residential water user, water districts, water rate hike, wet centuries
Feb 22 2014
An anniversary is coming that few will honor or recognize. May 4, 2014 is the 46th anniversary of the dedication of the Oroville Dam in Northern California. On that date in 1968, this dam became the centerpiece of the State Water Project (SWP). In 1961, ground was broken on Oroville Dam, and in 1963, work began […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: El Nino, La Nina, MWD, SDCWA, water districts, water rates, water Storage
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