> The city said a nondisclosure agreement with Google prohibits it from disclosing such information and it seeks reimbursement for the legal costs associated wi

> The city said a nondisclosure agreement with Google prohibits it from disclosing such information and it seeks reimbursement for the legal costs associated with the public records dispute. > “Under Oregon state law what Google has submitted and has asked the city to keep in confidence is a valid trade secret and so we are obligated to keep it confidential,” Jonathan Kara, attorney for The Dalles, said at a city council meeting last month. It sounds like the city is trying to hold up its end of an NDA. I have no idea how Google might feel about the information being disclosed, but I suspect the city is at making the effort here in order to be a good partner. The article also says the city has disclosed that the additional capacity is less than 5 million gallons per day. The issue at hand does seem to be the exact specifications, which is strange, because I doubt citizens would care about that over the ballpark figures: > Even now, though, The Dalles’ water system capacity is limited to about 10 million gallons a day, and the city says demand is growing whether or not Google expands. > The deal with Google would expand The Dalles’ capacity to 15 million gallons a day by ceding some of the company’s groundwater rights to the city and by pumping treated water into the aquifer. State law limits subsequent withdrawals to 90% of what is pumped into the aquifer. > While The Dalles won’t say how much water Google wants, the city says the added 5 million gallons a day in capacity would meet the company’s needs and leave an unspecified additional amount available for general public use.