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Odds & ends: Aguanomics weighs in on water & population, more on Cadiz, pictures & historical slideshows, plus conserve water – pee in the shower!

Posted by: Maven on August 10, 2009 at 7:53 am

A short odds & ends piece to clear off my desktop:

Aguanomics blogger David Zetland weighs in on water & population: His bottom line? Water has affected population and growth patterns throughout history, but growing environmental consciousness and unstable climate are disrupting these patterns. In the past, politicians directed allocation, engineers built projects, and real estate developers made money. Can these interest groups change their professional habits and institutions from building ahead of demand? Not unless intense outside pressure forces them to consider new ways of thinking, take up economic management tools, and step off our unsustainable path. Read his full report (in pdf form): Aguanomics: Water & Population — Final Draft

More questions about Cadiz project: The Chance of Rain blog continues to question the Cadiz project, this time with an open letter to Governor Schwarenegger, who was quoted in a company press release in June as “applauding the leadership of these Southern California water agencies who are helping address the state’s water supply challenges by exploring a path-breaking, new, sustainable groundwater conservation and storage project.” Blogger/Journalist Emily Green asks the Governor: May the public please know whose efforts you are applauding? Cadiz, Inc has yet to reveal the full list of companies that have allegedly signed letters of intent to remove 150,000 acre feet of Mojave groundwater a year from beneath its table grape farm in San Bernardino County. Read more here: Dear Governor

Meanwhile, Michael Campana of the Water Wired blog weighs in on the Cadiz project and posts some documents related to the project, including one from John G. Bredehoeft, “arguably the greatest living hydrogeologist” writes Campana. At issue: how much recharge in that aquifer? … 1) the annual recharge is more like 5,000 AF, not 50,000 AF the Draft EIR/EIS claims; [and] 2) the annual pumping of native groundwater should be capped at 5,000 AF to make the project sustainable … Read more from Water Wired: The Cadiz Project: Some Documents For Your Reading Pleasure

Interesting historical slideshows & pictures: Check out this slideshow from the LADWP website on William Mulholland & the construction of the Owen’s Valley & Colorado Aqueducts (be patient – it takes some time to download), this slideshow on the history and construction of Shasta Dam from the Bureau of Reclamation, this webpage on the Oroville Dam Train Tunnel disaster, these pictures of the San Francisco Bay salt ponds from Environmental Graffiti, and check out this photostream on flickr from Intake Screens showing the installation of fish screens at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam.

And last but not least, this Brazilian ad: Save water by peeing in the shower!

August 10, 2009 · Filed Under Aquafornia News & Exclusives

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