REACTION FROM WASHINGTON
STATE
IS DEALING WITH THE LOWEST
SNOWPACK IN HALF A CENTURY -- IT
HASN'T BEEN POSITIVE TO SAY THE
LEAST.
WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE
IDEAS THAT WERE SOLUTIONS IN OUR
TRI-STATE.
MIDAS WILL START WITH THAT
SHATNER PLAN.
IT MAY BE
POSSIBLE.
I DO NOT THINK OUR NEIGHBORS
WOULD LIKE THAT.
WE DO THINK OF SEATTLE AS A
RAINY CITY.
THEY FACE THEIR OWN DROUGHTS.
GIVE US SOME OF THE OTHER IDEAS
THAT HAVE FLOATED WITH THE
RECENT DROUGHT.
HARNESSING ICEBERGS AND BRINGING
THEM DOWN THE COAST.
EVEN USING HUGE LOONS TO BRING
US WATER.
ARE ANY OF THOSE FEASIBLE?
NO.
SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE
TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING.
SOME OF THEM MAY NOT EVEN BE
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
IT WILL NOT BRING ENOUGH WATER.
ONE OF THE
PROPOSALS THAT HAS
COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN
OUR
PLANS THAT TURN SALTWATER INTO
DRINKING WATER.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
VIDEO OF ONE IN CARLSBAD.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING ABOUT
A PERCENTAGE OF SAN DIEGO'S
DRINKING WATER.
ANOTHER IS SITTING IDLE.
FOR SOME, IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
WE ARE A COASTAL STATE.
WHAT CHALLENGES?
IT IS EXPENSIVE.
IT HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT.
IN THIS CASE, MARINE BIOLOGY
.
IT WOULD CONSUME A LOT OF
ENERGY.
IT IS CHALLENGING.
RIGHT.
YOU WOULD TAKE OUT THE SALT.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ALL OF
THE SALT?
ESTATE HAS ENERGY ISSUES AS IT
IS.
SOME OF THESE IDEAS MAY BE
GOOD.
THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE
SOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT MAY
BE A LITTLE VIABLE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE
AS THE MOST VIABLE OPTION RIGHT
NOW.
WATER CONSERVATION, HOW CAN
WE DO THAT?
CONSERVE SHOWERS.
LESS WATER OF
LAWNS.
LANDSCAPING OUR FRONT YARD.
SUFFICIENCY.
TRY TO INCREASE OUR GROUNDWATER
RECHARGE.
CONSERVATION IS A HUGE
PART
OF THE ANSWER.
HOW ABOUT INCREASED STORAGE AND
CAPACITY AND TALK OF MAKING MORE
CAPACITY AT SHASTA AND FOLSOM?
CREATING NEW RESERVOIRS
ALTOGETHER?
THAT IS ONE
OPTION.
INCREASING -- INCREASING THE
AQUIFER RECHARGE.
THERE ARE SOME
STUDIES THAT HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THAT.