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Water board kills huge desert storage project
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| Tuesday, October 8, 2002Published 2:25 p.m. PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -
| By ANDREW BRIDGES Associated Press Writer
Posted on 10/08/2002 3:41:15 PM PDT by let freedom sing
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:45:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A controversial proposal to store water beneath the Mojave Desert and pump it to District of Southern California was killed Tuesday by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
The MWD board voted by a slight margin to not proceed with the $150 million project by Santa Monica-based agricultural company Cadiz Inc.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; diannefeinstein; enviralists; water; waterpolicy
To: let freedom sing
Opponents of the project, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., have mounted strong opposition, complaining it will damage the fragile desert environment. Dianne Frankenstein will end the fragile desert environment of LA, before she would risk losing the fragile votes of environmentalists.
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posted on
10/08/2002 3:46:23 PM PDT
by
terilyn
To: let freedom sing
Concern over fresh water supply is becoming increasingly common in our nation due to pressures from drought and population growth. Our coastal states are frequently evaluating the viability of desalination systems to provide their fresh water needs. Desalination is an energy intensive process, so it is quite common for these facilities to be built in close proximity to electric power plants. For this reason, it is also reasonable to consider the use of
nuclear desalination as a potential option.
To: let freedom sing
For once, Feinstein was right. The Cadiz project was being pushed by its CEO, Keith Brackpool, a major supported of Gray Davis. The cost was huge, there would likely be little Colorado River water to store underground, and the water would have contaminated an existing aquifer that has pristine pure water. A bad deal all around. The likely result is that Brackpool's company will be unable to pay is multi-million dollar debts and go out of business.
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posted on
10/08/2002 3:50:44 PM PDT
by
CdMGuy
To: let freedom sing
Another few dry years and several million more new immigrants and we'll see lot's of new water policies.
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posted on
10/08/2002 3:51:23 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: CdMGuy
Agreed. The numbers didn't add up. And the promoters were obviously using contributions to curry favor with Davis to smooth the way. This was just a stupid project.
To: umgud
California must have a plan in place by Dec. 31 or could lose a significant portion of its river allotment. we'll see lot's of new water policies
Immediate policy demonstration-- "if you don't use it, you lose it."
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ping ...
The Mojave Aquifer/Cadiz Project went up in smoke this afternoon!
Davi$' Buddy, Brackpool stands to take a licking reportedly.
Awwwww!!!
GO SIMON
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Tom McClintock for CA State Controller
To: *Enviralists
To: NormsRevenge
I think this project was not that bad a deal!
Better than what Davis did for electricity!
To: let freedom sing
Amen!
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posted on
10/08/2002 6:19:44 PM PDT
by
Righty1
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