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2015-04-05 -Lurid Crime Tales-

California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth

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Posted by Abu Uluque 2015-04-05 11:09|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The limits of relying on nature...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-04-05 15:50|| 2015-04-05 15:50|| Front Page Top

#2 It's outta my sector but from what I've been able to gather, it's not 'endless growth' that is the problem, but rather endless regulations and gummit meddling.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-05 16:27|| 2015-04-05 16:27|| Front Page Top

#3 You need to add to growth, regulation and immigration the amazing failure to create more water capacity to capture the run off. Above ground, below ground, desalinization, pipelines, all done in a timely manner and growth could have been managed.....but no, instead now we're building a train for the loony Jesuit in Sacramento....

Posted by NoMoreBS 2015-04-05 16:39|| 2015-04-05 16:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I was here in san Diego during the 88 to 92 drought. We cut our water usage in a major way. So as the water utilities bill by the amount you use rather than free market pricing or access charges they doubled the rates. Next two years we were clobbered by El Nino's with massive flooding. If we quit flushing freshwater out the Delta for an invasive bait fish, dumped the high speed rail, California could build dozens of desalination plants, even inland at the Salton Sea. Imperial Co has Geothermal power perfect for desal plants. Carslsbad is trying to license a desal plant next to the Natural Gas power station right on the coast, but it means expanding the plant -so of course the greenies are trying to block it.

Posted by Vernal Spavins7649 2015-04-05 20:34|| 2015-04-05 20:34|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem with desal is that you are left with a highly concentrated brine that you have to dispose of. Nasty stuff.

The better solution in my opinion is to convert all of the municipal wastewater plants to be able to fully, or nearly fully, recycle that water to drinking water standards. This type of water is not a significant challenge to clean (I'm in the wastewater treatment business). The hundreds of $billions that will be spent on that stupid train should be diverted to this task.

Posted by remoteman 2015-04-05 22:43|| 2015-04-05 22:43|| Front Page Top

#6 That is exactly what the Santee lakes system does. Santee is in east San Diego Co the effluent goes to a regular waste water plant, then flows through 5 small lakes for biological cleaning. the water at the end is potable, but is used in purple pipe irrigation systems by the City, County and State for highway, parks and public area landscaping.

Posted by Vernal Spavins7649 2015-04-05 23:26|| 2015-04-05 23:26|| Front Page Top

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