Nov 3 2014
In “My Fair Lady”, the professor, Rex Harrison, finally says to Eliza Doolittle, “You’ve got it!” after many hours of attempting to have her say, “The rain falls mainly on the plain” without a Cockney accent. That simple statement, “You’ve got it” has become an icon of language in the American lexicon, and also the […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage, wet centuries
Oct 22 2014
This blog has raised many questions about current and past actions by San Diego water policy implementers. Recently the Water Policy Coalition produced a presentation that does a good job of outlining the future for water in San Diego. While this blog does not entirely agree with the strategy and goals put forward in the […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, State Water Project, water rate hike, water rates, water Storage, wet centuries
Oct 3 2014
The San Diego region continues to treat, use once and dump over 200 million gallons a day of water into the ocean. Desalination and potable recycling essentially use the same process, but there is no brine left from potable recycling. It is environmentally friendly, yet our water policy makers shy away from even discussing it except in vague […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage, wet centuries
Sep 22 2014
Two separate articles in the 9/21/14 UT are remarkable for their casual approach to the on-going drought. The $7.5 Billion water bond is too little, too late. If approved by the voters, none of it will address the current drought. Vickie Yorbas’ well in East Porterville is dry, and no one is helping her. Yes, […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, precipitation, purification, purple pipe, rainfall, water rate hike, water rates, water Storage, wet centuries
Sep 15 2014
“San Diego County has arguably done more than any other county in California to combat drought and to help guarantee a reliable supply of water for this semiarid region well into the future.” Really? This is the lead sentence in the 9/14/2014 editorial “For California’s Future, Yes on Prop. 1” If “Orange” replaced “San Diego” […]
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, water rates, water Storage
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