Jul 11 2014
In the July 9, 2014 San Diego Union Tribune on the front page is a story about the deepening drought. In the Business section is an announcement of a new 332 room hotel. No problem, since we have limitless water supplies, right? Wrong! This new hotel will hook onto the existing system of imported water […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, drought, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage
Jul 4 2014
Is water a basic human right? There are literally thousands of books and papers written attempting to answer this question. This five hundred or so word blog cannot possibly be a silver bullet to provide an answer for the fact that thousands of people die every day, seven days a week, all year-long from lack […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Jul 3 2014
When confronted with a page of water numbers and stats, unless you are an engineer or math major, the eye takes it all in and goes immediately to the glaze setting. Especially if there is no graphic break to the numbers up. This blog has tried to steer away from such a mind-numbing experience, but […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water rate hike, water Storage
Jun 28 2014
Whenever the subject of raising water rates comes up, politicians head for the exits, despite the fact that essentially water pricing is established by government fiat. When Bill Gates published the Version 1.0 of Microsoft Windows November 20, 1985, what would have happened if some government bureaucrat had decided that “for the common good” pricing […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage
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
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