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Principles
for a Sustainable Water Future in California
Dorothy Green lists 15 essential
points in a vision of a sustainable water future.
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Warnings
Galore
No one should be surprised
to discover the current water crisis. We've been warned about
it for years. The only difference today is that the warnings
are becomeing a lot more frequent.
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The Ailing Russian
Time to think about the health
of Sonoma County's largest source of so-called "surface" water.
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SR Urban Water Management
Plan Shows Foreknowledge of Water Crisis
A graph that appears in
the "Executive Summary" of Santa Rosa's UWMP,
shows planners predict the resumption of
massive groundwater pumping to make up for SCWA inadequacies.
April 25, 2004
Groundwater
recharge areas
In 1975, Sonoma County's
prime groundwater recharges areas were plotted on a map.
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Groundwater,
Inherently Invisible, is Disappearing
Two
geohydrologic studies and hundreds of reports from
well owners throughout Sonoma County raise the alarm
of groundwater
overdraft.
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posted
November 10, 2003
Germans and French
Could Sell Your Own Water Back To You
European multi-national corporations,
mostly German and French-owned, are the first in
line to own water in the United States and sell it
back to American citizens.
This is not some nightmare
scare tactic, it's called privatization and it's coming to
a tap near you.
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posted August 11, 2003
Judge
Breaks Water Contracts
Some people think water contracts
are sacrosanct. They are not.
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SCWA:
Don't Count on Eel Diversions
The September 8 Water Advisory
Committee (WAC) meeting was a somber affair. Representatives
of Sonoma county and Marin County water contractors fumbled
around in stunned silence as the import of Sonoma County
Water Agency (SCWA) General Manager Randy Poole's letter
hit home. Water from the Eel River will be cut back, way
back due to a victorious lawsuit against SCWA by the Friends
of the Eel River.
No more increases in water
supplies means no more growth, for at at least a year and
maybe longer---maybe forever.
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posted September 9, 2003
Groundwater Overdraft: The Facts
The south Santa Rosa
plain is suffering a serious groundwater overdraft and
has been for a very long time. Water officials in Sacramento
warned local politicos of this problem 20 years ago! Local
governmental politicos have long ignored the question of
sustainability of groundwater resources in the Santa Rosa
Plain. Why? Because the available information provide ample
cause for serious concern. Steve Carle, a local Ph. D.
geohydrologist, explains with ample lines of substantiation.
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posted Dec. 7, 2003
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