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California Coastal Commission Unanimously Denied Army Corps Desal Tests

On Friday, December 9, 2011 the California Coastal Commission held a hearing to determine whether the desalination-related testing the Army Corps of Engineers proposed to do on the beach at Shamel Park. The Commission heard a report from their own … Continue reading

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Desalination in Marin County will go to the Ballot

From the Marin Voice about a week ago: THE PEOPLE have spoken, and they want a say in whether to build a $400 million desalination plant in Marin. The Coalition for the Public’s Right to Vote on Desalination has collected … Continue reading

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Letter in Cambrian, Feb.11, 2010 desal costs

February 7, 2010 Letter to Cambrians, What are we getting for the $733,000? The CCSD (the Army Corps of Engineers) has plans to drill up two ten sites and install several test wells at Santa Rosa Creek where it enters … Continue reading

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Open Letter to the CCSD

April 20, 2009 Proposition 218 is geared to making sure that the fee increases calculate out to being no more than is required to provide water or sewer service to each parcel, and calculate out to show that the amount … Continue reading

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Water in the Media – Shortages and Solutions

Two articles of note you might want to check out – the first an op-ed from LA Times, the other an article from Scientific American magazine. Something tells me many of you have already read the LA Times piece, but … Continue reading

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CCSD Meeting July 24, 2008

First a note to anyone at Thursday’s Meeting: Please add your impressions and what you remember of the meeting. The audio isn’t yet posted at slo-span.org, and I wasn’t there for the whole meeting. So readers can easily follow the … Continue reading

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