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By John Earl
Surf City Voice
Water Boarding: Has Ocean Desalination’s Swan Song Been Sung in Orange County?
Mobile testing facility for Dana Point desalination plant.
An Irvine water official recently let members of the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) board know that their public relations efforts on behalf of ocean desalination aren’t necessarily welcomed in his agency’s jurisdiction, which stretches across the county’s mid-section as its largest water district.
MWDOC is the retailer for 28 water agencies throughout the county.
Open dissent by local water officials toward ocean desalination projects is rarely if ever heard at MWDOC meetings, where the belief that such projects, however costly, are a vital part of a larger water portfolio is all but officially treated as sacrosanct.
The official, Peer Swan, one of five directors for the Irvine Ranch Water District, spoke out at a monthly meeting of MWDOC’s Public Affairs and Legislation Committee held on Monday, Dec. 19. He told the board that the agencies that don’t agree with the premise of the PR campaign should be able to opt out.
“I would expect that you would respect your customer’s request not to go in and do a PR campaign on something they don’t support,” Swan said.
MWDOC’s directors were discussing plans to increase their efforts to educate county residents about the supposed needs for ocean desalination in Orange County.
MWDOC wants to convince county residents that desalinated ocean water will guarantee them an endless and reliable supply of drinking water during future water shortages to be caused – inevitably – by droughts or by earthquakes that will break water supply lines; or worse, cause the collapse of the California Delta, which supplies about half of Orange County’s water.
MWDOC is pushing two major ocean desalination projects in Orange County. One of them would be in…
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What would you rather drink?
Freash water made from ocean water,
or
Recycled toilet water?
The water board people only drink bottled water costing the taxpayers thousands of dollars a year. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out their choice.
ALL drinking water is, in essence, recycled toilet water. The more recently recycled toilet water is even cleaner than desalinated water (the same process with a little extra added) and comes much cheaper. It’s also very tasty, as I can say from having drunk a nice fresh glass of it after a tour of the plant in Fountain Valley.
Yep there is no real diff.
But even after all that money is spent cleaning that water, it is still pumped to Anaheim and dumped onto the ground.
*”If you say NO to desalination….you say NO to life!”…our apologies to the “Deerhunter” script writer and the French in general.
Did any of you guys even read John’s article?
*If you say NO to desalination…..you are a rampant crull chaser!
the author of this article will not do the pledge of allegiance to our flag at meetins. nuff sed.
Must all be untrue then! Hey, what DID he write?
Dear Nogrowther: I don’t say the prayer at government meetings either. I have the courage to exercise my constitutional rights, but why don’t you have the courage to give your real name? I guess you don’t have confidence in what you say you believe.
I bring my own toilet paper to public restrooms. Does that invalidate everything I write?
If u won’t do the pledge I cannot help but think you are a troublemaker. Love it or leave it.
You got it, buddy. John Earl is a troublemaker, I can vouch for that. What sort of person do you WANT practicing investigative journalism, an asskissing order-follower?
A stenographer? There are plenty already.
and quit “guessing”
Corporate welfare scam at its finest. Glad someone in Irvine figured it out. We don’t need this water. However, we do need border security, E-verify, and a sustainable population. If you want to give part of your water bill money to a greedy for profit corporation, harm the ocean and environment humans rely on to live, contribute to overpopulation, and turn Orange County into LA, then I can see why you might want to be for desalination.
i am not against an investigative reporter at all. but i am against one who says it is his constitutional right not to do the pledge of allegiance. he likes his rights, given to him by USA, but won’t pledge to the USA. seems screwed up. Also, he is doing this in rooms occupied by many veterans who served our country and it is an insult to them. add in the fact that he is very unkempt is his appearance, looks like he has not even showered recently when he comes to meetings. he does like to eat our donuts though. basically he is not wanted due to his anti pledge tactic and slovenly appearance, not because of what he writes. we never see that except by accident as was the case here.
Haha. Well, Cowardly “Nogrowther” :
1) It IS a constitutional right not to say the pledge and it is a VIOLATION of the U.S. Constitution for public officials to force or try to force citizens or residents of this country to say the pledge, and the U.S. Supreme Court so ruled, decades ago;
2) I am honoring our veterans by using the rights that they fought for — you insult them and show contempt for the U.S. Constitution, and dishonor America itself (which is your Constitutional right, but it makes you an asshole anyway) by trying to deny those rights and diverting attention away from the real issues;
3) Patriotism, like religion, is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
4) If I don’t always shower before water board meetings, you and the public can rest assured that I always make damn sure to shower after water board meetings.
you need your mouth washed out with soap by mommy. and you are truly delusional if you think the vets at the meetings are being “honored” by your refusal to do the pledge. all they talk about concerning you is “who is the commie punk in the back of the room?” You dishonor them and our great country. nice spin job effort though
Dear Closet Fascist Coward using the name “Nogrowth” as his disguise:
You have no argument with anything I have written, so you have a fascist tantrum instead of disputing facts. But due to your own stupidity and obsessive-compulsive fascist behavior, you have left some pretty good clues behind as to who you really are. I am hot on your cowardly trail and look forward to exposing you to Orange Juice readers soon.