Comments on: CA could tap new water regulations

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 08:37:38 +0000

In reply to Dude. This post is indicative of why the fair and balanced posters are aghast at doomer fantasies! Shudder.

By: Dude

Dude — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 05:23:48 +0000

First get rid of all the illegal aliens in the state that are using all the resources and the the money to fund water projects! Two get the corrupt communist democrats out of Sacramento! Three open and turn on the pumps and stop worrying about a fish that isn’t even native to Commoefornia! Four get rid of half of the environmental regulations that impact large companies growth so they all don’t leave to other states that generate large tax revenue!…..

By: NTHEOC

NTHEOC — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:30:41 +0000

It’s hard to take this so called drought seriously when all we see is new development from kingdom come!! One of the first actions is STOP all new residential,commercial, and industrial construction Untill we see this so called drought start to subside. But I imagine with all the money the private sector developers have we will never see this!

By: Wayne Lusvardi

Wayne Lusvardi — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:37:59 +0000

We often have short memories. What event galvanized and birthed the environmental movement in California and then the whole U.S.? It was the 1969 proposal by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to build a man made island off of Huntington Beach for a combined nuclear power plant and water desalting plant. See: Legislative History: Saline Water Conversion Act, Vol. 4, Page 124, found online. So widespread desalination would likely meet political resistance.

As for expanding water conservation efforts to hotels and restaurants, those efforts are purely symbolic, as are the effort for Turf Removal, Rain Barrels, and Stormwater Capture. But such efforts are for visual and perceptual gains, and bureaucratic expansion, not significant water conservation.

By: Dork

Dork — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:50:06 +0000

The first step the State should take to encourage water conservation should be to, immediately disable and disconnect EVERY LAST FLUSH TOILET in every building owned or operated or staffed by any and every government agency within the State and line up Portable Toilets in the Parking Lots and Out Front for ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Lead by Example!