[Vision2020] A few facts about Palouse water
Dale Courtney
dale@courtneys.us
Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:58:34 -0700
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David,
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Most people don't like to have facts injected into an emotional issue. =
It's
like having needles around filled balloons.=20
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I would really like to see someone from the Moscow Civic Association, or
others who are bellowing about the water problem, to answer the question
about the upper aquifer.=20
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When the Daily News broke the fact that the upper aquifer was actually
rising, it was immediately squelched and ignored.
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Our total water level is the combination of the lower and upper aquifer =
--
unless someone knows a reason for focusing only on the lower aquifer as =
our
water supply. Perhaps the left has a emotional attachment for the lower
strata...
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Best,
Dale
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Behalf Of David Camden-Britton
Sent: Friday, 18 July, 2003 13:49
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A few facts about Palouse water
Great... Nice. Take a fine emotional issue that we can rant and rave =
about
and inject facts into it! Fie upon this so-called "Geologist"! What is
that anyway? Something like a geomancer? She's a wizard! Yes! =20
PS: Thanks for the post, Dale.=20
At 06:45 PM 7/17/2003 -0700, you wrote:
A few facts about Palouse water=20
It's a nice change of pace to see Wayne Olson's letter to the editor
(Opinion, July 9) asking for facts, not rhetoric, about "our aquifer."=20
First fact: There are at least two aquifers below Pullman and Moscow. =
There
may be more, but two are known to all drillers and geologists in the =
area.=20
Second fact: The water level of the upper (more shallow) aquifer is not
dropping at all. Indeed, water levels in the upper aquifer have done =
nothing
but rise in my lifetime (I'm 43).=20
Third fact: The water levels near Moscow-Pullman city wells in the lower
aquifer are dropping. That statement, however, does not imply that the =
water
levels farther away are dropping (it's a huge aquifer) nor does it imply
that we "will run out" of water in the lower aquifer. Ask another =
geologist
if you don't care to believe me on these points.=20
Fourth fact: Most water used in both Moscow and Pullman during the =
summer is
not consumed by "new housing developments," a favorite target of members =
of
the Moscow Civic Association (most of whom, of course, were new arrivals =
on
the Palouse themselves some years back). Most water used in the summer =
goes
to watering golf courses, not to flushing the toilets of new city =
residents.
More facts and less fear could greatly help move our public discussion =
of
water use forward. Thanks, Wayne, for asking.=20
Elsa Kirsten Peters=20
Pullman=20
David Camden-Britton -=3D)*(=3D- davidcb@acm.org
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size=3D2>David,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>Most=20
people don't like to have facts injected into an emotional issue. It's =
like=20
having needles around filled balloons. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>I=20
would <U>really</U> like to see someone from the Moscow Civic =
Association, or=20
others who are bellowing about the water problem, to answer the question =
about=20
the <U>upper </U>aquifer. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>When=20
the <EM>Daily News</EM> broke the fact that the upper aquifer was =
actually=20
rising, it was immediately squelched and ignored.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D652235420-18072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>Our=20
total water level is the combination of the lower and upper aquifer -- =
unless=20
someone knows a reason for focusing <U>only</U> on the lower aquifer as =
our=20
water supply. Perhaps the left has a emotional attachment for the lower=20
strata...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
face=3DArial>Best,</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT face=3D"Vladimir Script"=20
size=3D5>Dale</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] <B>On =
Behalf=20
Of </B>David Camden-Britton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 18 July, 2003=20
13:49<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: =
[Vision2020]=20
A few facts about Palouse water<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Great... =
Nice. Take=20
a fine emotional issue that we can rant and rave about and inject =
facts into=20
it! Fie upon this so-called "Geologist"! What is that=20
anyway? Something like a geomancer? She's a wizard! =20
Yes! <BR><BR>PS: Thanks for the post, Dale. <BR><BR>At 06:45 PM=20
7/17/2003 -0700, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dcite cite=3D"" type=3D"cite"><FONT =
color=3D#800000><B>A few=20
facts about Palouse water</B> </FONT><BR><BR><FONT =
color=3D#800000>It's a nice=20
change of pace to see Wayne Olson's letter to the editor (Opinion, =
July 9)=20
asking for facts, not rhetoric, about "our aquifer." =
</FONT><BR><BR><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>First fact: There are at least two aquifers below =
Pullman and=20
Moscow. There may be more, but two are known to all drillers and =
geologists=20
in the area. </FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=3D#800000>Second fact: The =
water level=20
of the upper (more shallow) aquifer is not dropping at all. Indeed, =
water=20
levels in the upper aquifer have done nothing but rise in my =
lifetime (I'm=20
43). </FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=3D#800000>Third fact: The water =
levels near=20
Moscow-Pullman city wells in the lower aquifer are dropping. That =
statement,=20
however, does not imply that the water levels farther away are =
dropping=20
(it's a huge aquifer) nor does it imply that we "will run out" of =
water in=20
the lower aquifer. Ask another geologist if you don't care to =
believe me on=20
these points. </FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=3D#800000>Fourth fact: Most =
water=20
used in both Moscow and Pullman during the summer is not consumed by =
"new=20
housing developments," a favorite target of members of the Moscow =
Civic=20
Association (most of whom, of course, were new arrivals on the =
Palouse=20
themselves some years back). Most water used in the summer goes to =
watering=20
golf courses, not to flushing the toilets of new city residents.=20
</FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=3D#800000>More facts and less fear could =
greatly=20
help move our public discussion of water use forward. Thanks, Wayne, =
for=20
asking. </FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=3D#800000>Elsa Kirsten Peters=20
</FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=3D#800000>Pullman =
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<P></X-SIGSEP><FONT face=3D"Courier New, Courier">David Camden-Britton =
-=3D)*(=3D- davidcb@acm.org</FONT>=20
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Palouse since=20
1994. http://www.fsr.net mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com=20
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