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In certain counties. In my county of Marin, we are fed with a few lakes, and bit of water from the Russian river. I have looked at our dwindling lakes, and ve
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
In certain counties.
In my county of Marin, we are fed with a few lakes, and bit of water from the Russian river.
I have looked at our dwindling lakes, and very concerned.
What get's me is MMWD has had since the 70's to do something.
Yes--what to do?
I would have cut down on management salaries, and nepotism, 30 years ago. That savings could have funded a desalination plant?
I still don't understand why lakes can't be dug deeper.
- s0rce 5y agoMarin is probably an outlier (no Sierra snowmelt water) and the issue does seem quite dire there. I'm not sure most of the reservoirs were ever dug, they were just dammed. You'd have to move the water to dredge them at this point. Seems like further conservation is needed, I think Sonoma has imposed further restrictions as well. Desalination could meet the human demands but likely at extreme cost the small county couldn't really afford, it would need to be shared with the rest of the urban area but with continued (although diminishing) cheap water from rivers/mountains that seems unlikely.
- nullc 5y agoInternet figures suggest that industrial scale seawater desal costs $3-$4 per thousand gallons. Tier 2 water rates in Marin are $9.70/1000gal. Sure seems that that that the rates could support it.