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Re: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/14/mexico-us-talking-about-colorado-river-water/

WaterSource — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:46:02 -0000

For over six years, the Bureau of Reclamation, SNWA ( Las Vegas), California have been encouraged to at least investigate a totally new non-tributary fresh water Source of a MILLION ACRE FEET a year which could be stored/accumulated in Lake Mead to keep it reasonably FULL.

Even with assurances that development of the Source is economically feasible, legal and will not damage the water rights of anyone, anywhere, ... these entities refuse to formulate a way to verify the validity of the Source.

The "legal" aspect as it applies to the Source does is not applicable to Mexico.

WaterSourceWaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com

Re: New canal is pushed by various interests - SignOnSanDiego.com

WaterSource — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:21:06 -0000

Nearly every municipality in the region is recycling their human waste … whole populations will reconsume their own effluent and/or mix it with their fresh water supplies including groundwater.
There is a great deal that the scientific community may not know with regard to the trace quantities of herbicides, pesticides, hormones, drugs, viruses and prions.
What contaminants will eventually show up due to system failures and gradual contamination ?
As just one example, basic internet searches indicate that PRIONS may not be destroyed with current water treatment methods.
Mad cow disease, CWD, scapes, kuru, FFI, GSSS and CJD are all prions.
All known prion diseases, collectively called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are untreatable and fatal !
Prions can be denatured by subjecting them to a temperatures of 134 degrees Celsius (That’s 273 F !… water boils at 212 F) for 18 minutes in a pressurised steam autoclave.

Re: New canal is pushed by various interests - SignOnSanDiego.com

WaterSource — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:43:10 -0000

Southern California ... Utilize what already exists !

There are many options ! One option is to RENT the available AIR SPACE in Lake Mead which holds 28.5 million acre feet and is only half full.( When FULL, Lake Mead generates 2000 megawatts of RENEWABLE ENERGY).

No committee/league/commission bothers to mention it, but there is a new non-tributary fresh water Source of a million acre feet a year that could be developed and stored/accumulated in Lake Mead. The delivery system to CA already exists. Adequate storage already exists.

Development of the Source will not damage the environment or the water rights of others ! With cooperation & coordination between agencies/entitites, the water could be delivered to Lake Mead and CA ... WITHOUT POWER !

CA, NV & the Bureau have all been offered a free confidential disclosure of the Source for six years ... Have they mentioned it ? Have you read about it ?

Who cares ...? WaterSource/WaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst

Re: Capitol Weekly: Two-step bond eyed in water talks

WaterSource — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:09:22 -0000

A truely new non-tributary fresh water Source of a MILLION ACRE FEET each year can be developed for California. The water can be stored/accumulated in Lake Mead which is only half full and holds 28.5 million acre feet. The water can be released as needed and conveyed to Southern California in existing canals. Nevada/Las Vegas can save about $5 Billion and not risk damage to their desert or have to install a longer suction pipe. Before CA spends $ Billions, wouldn't it be a good idea to at least investigate/confirm a new idea ... FREE confidential disclosure to any water attorney of CA's choice. WaterSource/WaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com

Re: Water-wising up - SignOnSanDiego.com

WaterSource — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:34:11 -0000

CA needs to ACCEPT a new idea to investigate a simple WATER EXCHANGE !

Without harm to the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere, a new non-tributary fresh water Source of a million acre feet (AF) a year can be developed for CA.

One option would be to store/accumulate the water in the available AIR SPACE in Lake Mead which holds 28.5 million AF and is only half full and falling ....

Deliveries can be made into the All American Canal for delivery to Southern California IN EXCHANGE for a like amount of water being utilized in Northern California.

A FULL Lake Mead generates 2000 megawatts of RENEWABLE ENERGY for
CA ( $3 Billion). Las Vegas saves $4-5 Billion with no risk to the desert & no long suction pipe ( $1 Billion)

Annual instantaneous releases of part of the new water could be made from Lake Mead to restore the Colorado River Delta ( $2 Billion/year)

FREE confidential disclosure to attorney of CA's choice. waterrdw@yahoo.com

Re: Capitol Weekly: Schwarzenegger still won’t commit to special session on water

WaterSource — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:22:02 -0000

Would a New outside source ( non-tributary) of a million acre feet each year help ? FREE info to any water attorney their choice for verification. Not much else a private citizen can think to offer. waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst One of these days, old age will arrive and a complete disclosure may be difficult... who cares ?

Re: Capitol Weekly: Reliable water for California: BDCP offers a roadmap

WaterSource — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:37:20 -0000

"We need an effective and achievable long-term solution for California and the Delta that benefits the entire state"...

A prudent person would at least investigate for FREE the merits of a new non-tributary fresh water Source that could yield a million acre feet each year for California and could be stored/accumulated in the unused air space in Lake Mead which holds 28.5 million acre feet, already exists and has been paid for by the American people.

Development of the Source will not damage the environment or the water rights of others ... "such an undertaking is not only possible, but can be intertwined with the equally important task of healing the Delta".

"An unprecedented and far-reaching solution" ... not likely without real water from a real Source.

WaterSource/WaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst

Re: Future water trouble sets in for western river cities

WaterSource — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:22:15 -0000

This article is pure gibberish ... pure sensationalism at its worst ! Lake Mead ( 28.5 million acre feet) can be kept FULL anytime the Bureau, CA & NV want to develop the new non-tributary fresh water Source that will yield a million acre feet each year without damage to the environment or the water rights of others. waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst

Re: War's on against invasive mussels

WaterSource — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:08:23 -0000

What is the point in coming up with a new idea for the Bureau of Reclamation's dilemmas such as Quagga ? There is a way to fend off Quagga just as there is a way to keep Lake Mead FULL ( 28.5 million acre feet) with fresh water from a NON-TRIBUTARY Source that can be developed without harm to the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere, but protection of intellectual property rights needs to be part of the deal to come up with the answers. Considering that CA, NV, AZ and the Bureau could all benefit in a variety of ways ( Lake Mead generates 2000 megawatts of RENEWABLE ENERGY each year worth $2 billion/year, the Colorado River Delta could be restored for another $2 billion/year, Vegas & CA need the water, etc.) a prudent agencies & states would formulate a way to investigate & verify such alternatives & options.
WaterSource/WaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst

Re: Lined canal ends seepage, saving water

WaterSource — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:15:26 -0000

Once again ( 5 years have passed already) ... CA needs to investigate/verify a truly new NON-TRIBUTARY fresh water Source that can be developed to deliver one million acre feet EACH YEAR to keep Lake Mead reasonably FULL and generating 2000 megawatts of RENEWABLE ENERGY in a facility that has already been bought and paid for by the American people. Development of the Source will not damage the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere ! Because the water is NON-TRIBUTARY, it can be accumulated in the available air space in Lake Mead.

A measly 68,000 acre feet could be released each year for recharge purposes into the old All American Canal to keep the 1.3 million inhabitants of Mexicali from drying up in exchange for Mexico's enforcement of drug and immigration laws.

With inter-governmental cooperation the Source can be developed to be delivered WITHOUT POWER and without a Quagga Mussel problem ! WaterSource (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com

Re: Get fluoride into the fight against decay

WaterSource — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:00:29 -0000

California wonders why the SALMON have disappeared ...

IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL FLUORIDATION ON SALMON SPECIES IN THE NORTHWEST USA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Fluoride Vol.27 No.4 220-226 1994

Documentation suggests that concentrations of fluoride above 0.2 mg/L have lethal (LC50) effects on and inhibit migration of "endangered" salmon species whose stocks are now in serious decline in the US Northwest and British Columbia. Fluoride added to drinking water,"to improve dental health", enters the fresh water eco-system, in various ways, at levels above 0.2 mg/L. This factor, if considered in "critical habitat" decisions, should lead to the development of a strategy calling for a ban on fluoridation.

Researchers following children from birth found almost twice the amount of dental fluorosis in children drinking fluoridated water but no less decay than children drinking non-fluoridated water.AADR 35th Annual Meeting in Orlando:Abstract # 0153 - Dental caries and fluorosis in relation to water fluoride levels, I Hong, SM Levy, J Warren, B Broffitt

Re: New creed on water: Use less, pay more

WaterSource — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:15:07 -0000

Strange that MWD & CA have no interest in a truly new fresh water Source that can be developed without damage to the environment or the water rights of others. The NON-TRIBUTARY Source can yield a million acre feet a year (325,900,000,000 gallons) and can be accumulated in Lake Mead ( 28.5 million acre feet) to generate 2000 megawatts of renewable energy in a Bureau project that has already been bought and paid for. An additional Source of fresh water when the Big One hits sure beats would've, could've, should've and might'ves ... WaterSource waterrdw@yahoo.com

Re: Water agency steps up search for more supplies

WaterSource — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:48 -0000

Oh what a tangled web we weave,... The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been offered this Source for 5 years !

You can lead a mule to water in CA, but you can't make it drink !

CA certainly needs Drought Insurance and a Drought Water Bank.

The banks (existing storage facilities) are already built and most are only half full ! Why not store a million acre feet of real NON-TRIBUTARY fresh water EACH YEAR from a Source that is legally available, economically feasible and can be developed without damage to the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere !

Yes California, such a Source does in fact exist.

It's NON-TRIBUTARY aspect legally allows water developed from it complete flexibility in California's multi-faceted complex distribution and delivery systems. The reason for the flexibility is because there will be NO HARM to existing water rights, entitlements, Court rulings or environmental flows !

Development of the new fresh water Source and associated infrastructure will provide the greatest returns in achieving economic recovery, tremendous JOB GROWTH, greater efficiency and farm productivity in California.

Can it get better than that ... ? Is it possible to develop the Source so that no power will be required to move the water ... yes.

Can the infrastructure be quagga mussel proofed ... yes.

"The laughter of fools has always been the reward of any man who comes up with a new thought.”

Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com