Comments on: Public water agencies throughout California file suit to prevent further water cutbacks http://aquafornia.com/archives/5866 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:52 -0800 hourly 1 By: Ray Walker http://aquafornia.com/archives/5866/comment-page-1#comment-4099 Ray Walker Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:43:29 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=5866#comment-4099 Isn't it true that lawsuits produce volumes of printed words, but not a drop of new water ? Why not risk an hour of attorney time to verify a truly new non-tributary fresh water Source that can produce on average a million acre feet (325,900,000,000 gallons) of water EACH YEAR for California ? Why not utilize the unused air space in Lake Mead and other already constructed reservoirs to store the non-tributary water for emergency and environmental purposes ? Why not ask the Bureau of Reclamation to confirm that the new non-tribuary water can be stored in Bureau reservoirs like Lake Mead without damage to the water rights of anyone, anywhere ? Why not ask those in authority to store the water until needed so that hundreds of megawatts of renewable energy can continue to be generated in existing facilities ? Why not have the public agencies confirm that the new non-tributary water can be instrumental in solving many of the environmental dilemmas facing the region ? Why is no CA entity/agency/municipality/bureau willing to risk one key stroke to communicate one word so that a million acre foot per year water option can be evaluated and considered ? Why should an old man dare to ask such questions ? Does he have the answers ? Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com Isn’t it true that lawsuits produce volumes of printed words, but not a drop of new water ?

Why not risk an hour of attorney time to verify a truly new non-tributary fresh water Source that can produce on average a million acre feet (325,900,000,000 gallons) of water EACH YEAR for California ?

Why not utilize the unused air space in Lake Mead and other already constructed reservoirs to store the non-tributary water for emergency and environmental purposes ?

Why not ask the Bureau of Reclamation to confirm that the new non-tribuary water can be stored in Bureau reservoirs like Lake Mead without damage to the water rights of anyone, anywhere ?

Why not ask those in authority to store the water until needed so that hundreds of megawatts of renewable energy can continue to be generated in existing facilities ?

Why not have the public agencies confirm that the new non-tributary water can be instrumental in solving many of the environmental dilemmas facing the region ?

Why is no CA entity/agency/municipality/bureau willing to risk one key stroke to communicate one word so that a million acre foot per year water option can be evaluated and considered ?

Why should an old man dare to ask such questions ? Does he have the answers ?

Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com

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