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Santa Monica identity and water

Posted by: Maven on November 13, 2009 at 8:05 am

From the Santa Monica Mirror:

“Gil Borboa, Santa Monica Water Resources Manager, worries the city will turn down tap water in favor of bottled water. “In spite of the elaborate safety and health precautions taken with the City water supply, Santa Monicans still buy bottled water. The choice is between bottled water, which is expensive and neither safer nor healthier, and Santa Monica tap water. When people understand what’s at stake, “tap water will be the choice.”

For anyone who doesn’t like the taste of the water as it comes out of the tap he suggests, “put the tap water into a pitcher and leave it in the refrigerator for an hour. Then drink it and I think you’ll find it’s good.”

Water is a constant theme in the history and identity of Santa Monica. In 1917, Santa Monica faced water shortages and voted to annex to Los Angeles to access the water flowing out of the Owens Valley aqueduct, wrote Stella Zadeh in 1975 for the Outlook.

City Commissioners had set the election as far in advance as possible, hoping to improve water supply before the election and appease the pro–annexationists, Zadeh wrote. They also hoped that nature might deliver rain in time. …”

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November 13, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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