Water board appointments ....

Sac Bee ^ | 12-08-2010 | Matt Weiser

[Amerigomag]

The 11th-hour appointment on Tuesday of two new state water board members dramatically changes the stakes for a crucial vote tomorrow on a new sewage treatment permit for the Sacramento region.

If approved as the board's staff recommends, the permit would impose strict new limits on the treated wastewater the capital region discharges into the Sacramento River near Freeport.

[Amerigomag]

The potential to be the most important act of Schwarzenegger's governorship.

At stake; millions of acre feet of water available to grow crops in California. If forced to clean up the sewage Sacramento dumps into the delta, millions of acre feet of clean water will be available to the rest of California. The water is currently required to dilute Sacramento waste to make the delta compliant with federal water standards.

[Vendome]

For second there I thought they were suggesting water boarding Sacramento Politicians.

[dfwgator]

For second there I thought they were suggesting water boarding Sacramento Politicians.

I know, what a disappointment.

[Amerigomag]

For second there I thought they were suggesting water boarding Sacramento Politicians.

They are. Literally. The toilets at the capital building are very literally polluting California largest water source. The clean water necessary to dilute the filth is THE major component of wasted water in the Sacramento River Delta.

[ElkGroveDan]

I’d say Julian Assange needs an appointment with a water board.

[piytar]

So let me get this straight: Sacramento’s pols deprive the Central Valley of water to save a common fish while their city fouls a major source of water that could be used for agriculture?! Unreal.

Let CA go under and starve, both fiscally and literally. They have voted for it, let them deal with it...

[piytar]

Oh yeah, and to any conservatives still living in CA, esp Freepers, MOVE! Please! And get your families out, too! CA is going to end badly. Very badly. And sooner rather than later.

[blueplum]

The flip side is, current sewer rates will triple, and, if you build a home in the county and need to connect to the sewer, you can expect to pay, not $7,400 connection fee, but a $35,000 connection fee (for single-family home, more for offices or apartments) - this will be a significant cost to contractors and homebuyers. According to the article below, a 1,000 sq foot business would pay $70K to connect. All for an upgrade that may or may not have any impact. from sac bee, september: The sewer district currently meets U.S. Environmental Protection Agency criteria for these pathogens. But the state Department of Public Health believes these criteria, nearly 25 years old, are too dated to rely on. It concluded the risk of exposure to the river downstream of the district's Freeport discharge site requires strict new regulation. Again, the sanitation district disagrees. www.sacbee.com/2010/09/04/3005002/state-board-wants-sacramento-to.html#ixzz17bobVdsH