Posted on 06/11/2018 4:51:43 AM PDT by simpson96
I need to understand this better. The most progressive state in the union has the most regressive policies?
Anyway, I visited California a few times. Something I noticed that apparently many in California miss is along their western border is something called an ocean. Now color me silly, but if you build say a 1/2 doze or so desalination facilities throughout the state, put in an infrastructure to move that water inland and connected it to your main water supplies, you no longer have a water crisis.
And the cost? Probably cheaper than, ummmmmm a train to nowhere.
Am I missing something here?
“Water...
The latest In a Long list!”
Food rationing not far away.
“I can’t help but wonder how the rich folks with large lawns and gardens to water are being treated.”
There’s a carve out for them and swimming pools.
“Didn’t I read that it’s legal to poop and pee in the street there?”
San Fransucko...world’s biggest outdoor latrine.
Say it, say it, SAY IT!
People are already leaving California.
The new law is aimed at water districts, not individuals, who can still take a shower and do laundry on the same day.
The new law will encourage water districts to fix leaks which the author is whining about.
This is fake news and it’s just as bad as when the Left does it.
“When you don’t believe in a right to life, a right to the things that maintain life doesn’t exist.”
This. That’s the heart of the matter. The Left regards human beings as things, animals or machines.
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Take the money slated for high speed rail and build a bunch of desalination plants instead.
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But, then how will pols hold power of the citizenry?? /semi-i
Florida is the Sunshine State. California is the “Golden State.”
This must be a ploy to rid CA of conservatives in order to put a lock on the elections for the Democrats.
Ah, but the Ecotopians object mightily to desalination. The problem is that in order to remove the salt, you create a concentrated brine and then you have to put that somewhere. Pumping it back into the sea changes the ecology at the outflow there so that is a no-no to those vigilant environmentalists. Then again they object to almost every other disposal 'solution' as well. Logically speaking, to them a pristine 'natural' environment overrides any other logic. Soylent Green, anybody?
I see where you are coming from and on the specifics of the law I agree but I disagree about you labeling the coverage as 'fake news'. Yes, the penalties apply to the water districts but they are regulatory bodies themselves. If they are fined, the fines will flow down (punny) to their customers for payment. At some point when all practical leakage is fixed (a big bill there by itself), there will still be this law on the books and ever tighter ways of monitoring compliance. Bureaucrats are all too likely to employ the latter even as they 'work' towards 'fixing' the leakages.
“Am I missing something here?”
No your not...
California liberals, please stay there...you wreck it...we don’t 3you to screw up SANE STATES!
It’s kind of funny really. I live in Idaho and flood irrigate my lawn every Tuesday in the summertime. I probably use 25 thousand gallons of water a week.
It’s not wasted though, it sinks into the aquifer instead of going down the river through OR and dumping into the ocean.
Strange thing about human nature. When government sets a maximum, it soon becomes a minimum. (Speed limits)
Yes. Yes you are.
Something hugely obvious to even a blind person--those facilities you propose would block the scenic view of the ocean, and we can't have that.
A new brand of environmentally, organic, renewable, sustainable sea salt!
Just charge $5.00/lb and you'll make the construction costs back in a snap!
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