Comments on: Peripheral canal bill shelved in committee; bill’s author told to try again next year http://aquafornia.com/archives/3109 The California Water News blog! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:15:09 -0700 hourly 1 By: Ray Walker http://aquafornia.com/archives/3109/comment-page-1#comment-1388 Ray Walker Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:18:22 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=3109#comment-1388 California....Would one million acre feet of fresh water help ? 21,000 desalination plants worldwide only produce 3 million acre feet of fresh water a year. The truly new fresh water Source of ONE MILLION acre feet can be developed without damage to anyone's water rights or the environment. Excess water from the Source could also keep Lake Mead producing 1800 megawatts/year of electricty for California. Quagga Mussels can't plug up the Source. Wonder if the Big One will wait until next year to strike the Delta....? WaterSource waterrdw@yahoo.com California….Would one million acre feet of fresh water help ? 21,000 desalination plants worldwide only produce 3 million acre feet of fresh water a year. The truly new fresh water Source of ONE MILLION acre feet can be developed without damage to anyone’s water rights or the environment. Excess water from the Source could also keep Lake Mead producing 1800 megawatts/year of electricty for California. Quagga Mussels can’t plug up the Source. Wonder if the Big One will wait until next year to strike the Delta….? WaterSource waterrdw@yahoo.com

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