Cadiz to undergo new review
Posted on | August 26, 2009 | 4 Comments
Publication yesterday by the Pacific Institute of the 2001 Department of Interior environmental impact report of the Cadiz groundwater project in the Mojave prompted the announcement by Cadiz Inc today that it would be seeking a new review, the scope of which is unclear.
Click here for the latest statement from Cadiz
Tags: Cadiz Groundwater Storage FEIR / FEIS > Cadiz Inc. > chance of rain > Emily Green
Santa Monica takes back the tap
Posted on | August 26, 2009 | No Comments
SHOPPERS at Santa Monica Farmers Market today received free refills of filtered tap water as the City of Santa Monica joins the “Take back the Tap” campaign mounted by the non-profit Food & Water Watch. Today being the launch of a project that will offer free water to an estimated 20,000 market-goers every week, the City handed out free cups, said Farmers Market manager Laura Avery. However, in future, she said, “you need to bring a bottle. If you could figure out a nice way to say that, that would be great.” The city will also be selling durable, reusable containers for $10.
Click here for more on free water in Santa Monica
The Mayor’s sprinkler malfunction
Posted on | August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
FROM NBCLA.com, this nugget: Reporters Joel Grover and Matt Goldberg have found Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be a serial scofflaw of the June 1 drought ordinance that he himself supported.
For NBC’s account of the mayor’s response, click here
Tags: chance of rain > Emily Green > Mayor Villaraigosa > watering restrictions
On the subject of dust, birds and water in Owens Valley
Posted on | August 26, 2009 | No Comments
FROM THE Inyo Register via Aquafornia: The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power is working on a “moat and row” plan to control the dust storms caused by its diversion of the snowmelt that once fed Owens Lake (see pre-LA Aqueduct photo, left). Court-ordered air pollution mitigation now forces LADWP to leave vast amounts of water on the dry lake bed instead of pumping it to Los Angeles. Ponds formed by dust control watering have recently become a sanctuary for birds. The new “moat and row” system would mean more water for LA but less water for the birds. To read the Inyo Register story, click here. For what we know about the reputedly $100m LADWP case against its dust contractor CH2M Hill, click here. For a 1913 Los Angeles Times story recounting the opening of the aqueduct that drained Owens Lake, click here. Finally, thanks to journalist and garden designer Linda Estrin for sending the 1913 Los Angeles Public Library photo of the Aqueduct opening along with the historical Times link.
Tags: chance of rain > Emily Green > Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Cadiz environmental review back online
Posted on | August 25, 2009 | No Comments
Click on the cover to be taken to the report
WITH THE revival of the Cadiz groundwater project in the San Bernardino desert, the Pacific Institute has put back online an exhaustive environmental impact report finished in 2001. To access it, click on the cover, or here. For the Pacific Institute overview page of its work on the Cadiz project, click here. The institute’s president, Peter Gleick, who offered to host the material, says the “serious thanks” are due to Courtney Smith for uploading it. Courtney, thank you! Seriously.
Tags: Cadiz Groundwater Storage FEIR / FEIS > chance of rain > Emily Green > Pacific Institute
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