May 23 2014
Following is an excerpt from the San Diego County Grand Jurys Report filed May 10, 2014. The entire text of the report, with the same title, can be found at http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/grandjury/reports/2013-2014/PoliticsWaterDontMix. pdf Where is the UT Watchdog? The San Diego UT has not published any of this, and yet the San Diego City Council has […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, drought, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage, wet centuries
May 12 2014
If you were a resident of San Diego in 1856, you might have looked skyward and wondered what happened to the clouds that bring rain. That year it rained only five inches between July 1855 and June 1856. Then for the next five years the rainclouds deposited about eight inches a year. But the sky […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: California Aqueduct, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, Reservoir Augmentation, residential water user, SDCWA, State Water Project, water Storage, wet centuries
Apr 29 2014
Memo To: Matt O’Malley, San Diego Coast Keeper and Everett Delano, Esq. From: Milt Burgess RE: California’s Drought Your lawsuit against the State Water Authority says, “The San Diego County Water Authority must do more to address the environmental impacts of its water supply sources.” The bubble that apparently surrounds the offices of the San […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, dry centuries, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, State Water Project, water Storage, wet centuries
Apr 26 2014
When San Diego residents taps are dry, an extended drought will not be the cause. Really?? “Brown Issues Sweeping Drought Proclamation” this morning”s San Diego UT said in a headline above the fold. And what effect will this have on the average San Diego water user? Very little. People will go on flushing their […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, purification, rainfall, State Water Project, water infrastructure, water Storage, wet centuries
Apr 9 2014
An engineer in Central Texas sent me an email today. There is little doubt the difference between politicians and engineers is different in Texas. Here is what he had to say: I really enjoyed your book “Water Shock.” You are concerned about water availability in Southern California. We are experiencing significant water issues in Central Texas. […]
By Milt Burgess • Blog • 0 • Tags: augmentation, California Aqueduct, Colorado River, conservation, Direct, El Nino, La Nina, MWD, precipitation, rainfall, SDCWA, State Water Project, water infrastructure, water Storage
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