Posted on 02/17/2009 7:12:54 PM PST by Steelfish
Los Angeles nears water rationing
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) With a recent flurry of winter storms doing little to dampen California's latest drought, the nation's biggest public utility voted on Tuesday to impose water rationing in Los Angeles for the first time in nearly two decades.
Under the plan adopted in principle by the governing board of the L.A. Department of Water and Power, homes and businesses would pay a penalty rate -- nearly double normal prices -- for any water they use in excess of a reduced monthly allowance.
The five-member board plans to formally vote on details of the measure next month.
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Actually there is a technology that was developed over a decade ago, that I helped raise money for. It basically was a unit that went on the bottom of the ocean about 1200+ feet and had a big long pipeline. Pressure pushed the water through the membrane and then a pump took it up. The water is 99% clean and there is not a huge effluent or cleaning issue. I think they have developed some of these in the middle east. I had approached San Diego county about it but they were too nearsighted. Now they are dying for a real solution that doesn’t pollute the coastline.
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