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Blog Commentary: Should Pasadena Quit MWD? Chief Hahamonga has last laugh

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 12, 2009 at 6:34 am

From the Pasadena Sub Rosa blog:

“Imagine your city is located next door to a valley water district with enough surplus water to meet your needs but instead your city imports about two-thirds of its water hundreds of miles from the Colorado River and the Sacramento Delta, and pays a premium price for it, resulting in environmental degradation in the process. Do you think this is wise policy for water rate payers in a city that praises itself for its Green City Action Plan?

Moreover, as your city conserves more water due to a purported drought, municipal water rates go up because of a decline in water sold, and the underground water basin in your city becomes depleted. Again, I ask you, is this rational water planning in a city which is continually advertising that it is preserving its natural watersheds?

The City of Pasadena is such a city. Pasadena’s largest park, Hahamonga Park located in its famed watershed the Arroyo Seco, ironically means “land of flowing waters.” But pregnant within the Indian word Hahamonga is the idiom “ha-ha,” perhaps implying that flowing water in Pasadena is a joke. A street definition of Hahamonga may be “laughing waters” with Chief Hahamonga as a green version of The Joker. …”

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November 12, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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One Response to “Blog Commentary: Should Pasadena Quit MWD? Chief Hahamonga has last laugh”

  1. Wayne Lusvardi on November 12th, 2009 4:13 pm

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