-
Archives
- January 2018
- November 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- December 2016
- August 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
-
Meta
Tag Archives: water politics
Hydrogen Power from Sewage?
MOST was intrigued by an article with the headline “Flush, then fill up: Japan taps sewage to fuel hydrogen-powered cars” from this Sunday’s Los Angeles Times. As MOST Subscribers realize, MOST knows his … sewage! And energy and the environment …
Read more
Ban Bottled Water?
We’re big fans of tap water here at MOST. We’ve spent 40 years in this industry, and we understand the many layers of safeguards and regulations in place that ensure our tap water is healthful. On top of that, it …
Read more
Perchlorate on Mars
Thanks to Subscriber Victor for this tip: NASA’s rover “Curiosity” has found perchlorate on Mars! That would be the very same perchlorate that is regulated in drinking water in California — although the USEPA has yet to establish a drinking …
Read more
Posted in Blog, Water Politics, Water Quality
Tagged california water politics, certification, certification exams, contact hours, continuing education, curiosity, mars, NASA, perchlorate, water politics, water quality, water system operator continuing education, water system operator courses
Leave a comment
Peripheral Tunnels
We may need to discontinue our subscription to the Los Angeles Times — we’re not sure that our blood pressure can handle it any longer. It’s not really the Times’ fault — this time. Their Bettina Boxall is merely reporting …
Read more
Posted in Blog, Water Politics, Water Quality, Water Supply
Tagged california water politics, california water supply, certification, certification exams, contact hours, continuing education, Peripheral Canal, peripheral tunnels, water politics, water supply, water system operator continuing education, water system operator courses
Leave a comment
Chromium from Disney?
We’re back after a nice vacation to a much cooler part of the world than our current abode in Valencia, California: Alaska. There is much to catch up with, and we apologize for those who contacted us last week. We’re …
Read more
Posted in Blog, Water Quality
Tagged Burbank, california water politics, certification, certification exams, chromium, chromium 6, contact hours, continuing education, Disney, hexavalent chromium, Michael McGuire, water politics, water quality, water system operator continuing education, water system operator courses
Leave a comment
Do You Favor a UN-EPA?
We came across a provocative, 4-minute video regarding the possible establishment of a world-wide equivalent of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. “Provocative” is actually redundant here, as the author of the video is Dick Morris, who specializes in provocative. …
Read more
Fracking With Water Quality
There has been a lot of controversy lately about a procedure to extract oil and natural gas. This procedure is called “Hydraulic Fracturing,” or “Fracking,” and it involves pumping water, sand, and sometimes other chemicals into the soil to improve …
Read more
Global Warming … Again
If you do a site search here at MOST, you will find that, apart from water system operations topics, no topic comes up as much as global warming. I haven’t posted lately on this topic, but those of you who …
Read more
What Price Water?
Thanks to my friend Bill for forwarding a recent article from the San Diego Union-Tribune. In it, Dutch economist David Zetland describes how water is priced very differently from other commodities in our society. He contends that this robs us of …
Read more
Water and Politics
There’s a famous quote from Mark Twain about water in the Western United States: “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting.” It seems water and politics are thoroughly entwined. I happened across an interesting, 5-minute video clip on this very …
Read more
California’s Water Wars
I heartily recommend that you take a couple of minutes and read the following Op/Ed piece in today’s Los Angeles Times, at: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hanson-california-water-wars-ce20110807,0,6896021.story Victor Davis Hanson delivers a very insightful examination of the water situation in the Golden State, and …
Read more
Posted in Water Politics
Tagged california water politics, environment, water politics
Leave a comment
Iceland Volcano Eruption: Whose Fault Is This?
What’s up with Iceland? Another volcanic eruption? What is the cause of all this? Who is to blame? Today’s photo is a satellite view of the ash cloud from the latest volcano to blow its stack in Iceland: Grimsvotn. At …
Read more
Science vs. Emotions or Politics
I found a very thoughtful opinion piece in my local paper this morning. It is based on science and facts related to a contaminant found in Santa Clarita, as well as many other places around the country. See: http://www.the-signal.com/section/33/article/41779/ Ask …
Read more
Is Ethanol The Answer?
Schedule problems have kept me offline for the past few days — my apologies. And the week ahead is looking like a problem, too, so don’t be surprised if there are few posts through October 25. And I’m abandoning you …
Read more
Bigger River Flows = Global Warming?
In this morning’s Los Angeles Times, Margot Roosevelt interviews two scientists regarding an interesting new finding: the world’s river flows are increasing. See: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/global-warming-river-flows-oceans-climate-disruption.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog+%28Greenspace%29 UC Irvine conducted a study on worldwide river outflows to the oceans, using new ‘satellite technology …
Read more