Stormwater Capture: California’s Untapped Water Supply
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By Stephen Frank
Thanks to the people of California there is $200 million was storm water capture projects for the whole State—this was part of the 2014 Water Bond. Guv Brown has shown us his priorities—he is spending $287 million, from the same bond, to make fish bait (delta smelt) comfortable. He is spending more on fish than stormwater programs.
“Castro is a big proponent of stormwater capture, but he says the highest hurdle is cost. The Elmer Avenue project cost two and a half million dollars. Woodman cost three. Castro says LADWP needs to capture much more stormwater either to survive a drought or deal with a future of more intense storms. There’s a nearly $30 million project in the works
Castro: “We’re going to have 16,000 acre feet per year, that’s roughly 80,000 homes per year that we could potentially supply.”
$200 million is available in last year’s water bond to get small and large projects like these off the ground. A Pacific Institute study found that capturing stormwater in San Francisco and Southern California alone could provide up to 600,000 acre feet of water a year, enough to supply about 1.2 million households.
But fish bait is number one in the confused Guv Brown book. Angry yet?
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Stephen Frank
Stephen Frank: Is the the publisher and editor of the California Political News and Views. Mr. Frank speaks all over California and appears as a guest on several radio shows each week. He has also served as a guest host on radio talk shows and is a full time political consultant. http://capoliticalnews.com/
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