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Odds and ends: LA’s housing plan ignoring water issues?, CA water rights issue likely headed to Supreme Court, blogger laments lack of action in Sacramento, and a report to Congress on the energy-water connection

Posted by: Maven on May 6, 2008 at 6:07 am

Los Angeles’ draft Housing Element ignores water issues, says the Westchester Parents blog: As water supplies are being sharply cut back and restrictions are being imposed on residents, the 225 page draft barely devotes a single page to the water supply system for housing. It begins by stating unconvincingly that the “water supply for new projects is generally adequate.” The entire section of the draft devoted to Los Angeles’s water supply is just four paragraphs and two bullet-points long while elsewhere, the document devotes a dozen pages to other forms of non-potable water such as grey water, storm water and waste water. The plan doesn’t safeguard the supply for current residents, says the blogger. Click here for more from the Westchester Parents blog.

Can downstream landowners obtain prescriptive rights superior to upstream landowners? The “May It Please the Court” blog considers the issue, which may be headed to the Supreme Court: Both are post-1913. A pre-1914 water appropriation is usually the only way Californians can establish water rights. Until now. Given this court opinion, Californians can obtain prescriptive water rights through adverse possession. Read the full text of this blog post from the May It Please the Court blog by clicking here.

The California Greening blog laments the lack of action from Sacramento, saying: Climate change is going to make this year seem like the rainy season. That means the balance between Agriculture and Urban Development is going to have to change. The products we raise will have to adjust to new climate realities. The longer we delay getting our minds around those facts and starting to work on solutions, the more expensive those solutions will be. Read more from the California Greening blog by clicking here.

Water use for power production equals that used in irrigated agriculture, Sandia Labs report to Congress states. Surprisingly, in many regions of the country we indirectly use as much water turning on the lights and running electric appliances each day in their homes as we use directly in taking showers and watering lawns. Read more from Sandia Labs report to Congress on the energy-water connection by clicking here.

May 6, 2008 · Filed Under Aquafornia News & Exclusives

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