I was very intrigued by this story on a new coalition in water politics, the Public Water Coalition. It is a few months old, and like the article says, I had never heard of it. It looks to be a loose affiliation of most of the big water districts in the state. They don’t have staff [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘ACWA’
January 7, 2009
ACWA’s Sustainability Principles
ACWA adopted a set of sustainability principles a month back*, and they are a pretty good marker of the current conventional mindset. That’s appropriate, because ACWA (Association of California Water Agencies) is The Man. ACWA represents water districts mostly, which means that it is dominated by traditional civil engineering thought. On the other hand, water districts [...]
January 7, 2009
Approaching steady-state economies.
I don’t usually interpolate comments and original text, because I think that’s hard to read, but I thought something different about nearly every line in the “Historical Context” of ACWA’s Sustainability Principles, so I’m going to do it this time.
Historical Context
California’s physical water delivery system is a tribute to the far-sightedness and big thinking of previous generations. [...]
