[Vision2020] re:water

[Matt Decker]

Mark,

Furthermore, I agree with Mark. We should hold contractors accountable for 
installing low gallonage toilets.On top of that lets also install low gallon 
showerheads and the installation  automatic sprinkler systems. Along with 
the developers adding an extra main water line directly from Lake Chuck 
Norris, that will Karate chop our water issues.

O what the hell for chits and giggles
Matt


>From: Mark Solomon <msolomon at moscow.com>
>To: Tom Ivie <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] re:water
>Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:49:26 -0700
>
>While it hasn't been examined recently, an Army Corps of Engineers study 
>from 1982? (help on the date anyone?) examined the costs and general 
>feasibility of pumping water from the Snake, from Dworshak and from the N. 
>Fk Palouse River to Moscow. All were prohibitively expensive. It's a 2000' 
>lift from the Snake or Dworshak plus the pipeline.
>
>I've been advocating for the last year or more that PBAC members impose a 
>task on themselves to establish individual water budgets based on the best 
>currently available knowledge. Even if all they did was say the amount 
>we're pumping now is the amount we'll set for our budget as "sustainable" 
>(hardly a very defensible premise, but it's a place to start), it would 
>allow each entity to put costs to acquiring new water, be it through 
>conservation or new sources. My guess is all of a sudden water conservation 
>would be an economically viable part of the cities and universities base 
>program, not the add-on it's generally treated as now.
>
>For an example, let's say a developer wanted to build 50 new houses and it 
>was going to take 5 million gallons/yr to supply them with water (that's a 
>real number based on average consumption rates for a household of 4). Low 
>flush toilets use 13,000 gallons/year less than older toilets for a family 
>of four. There are at least several thousand old 5-7 gallon/flush toilets 
>in Moscow houses. The City could have a program where a developer could pay 
>into a toilet replacement fund to cover the cost of replacing enough 
>toilets that his or her development ended up water budget neutral. In this 
>instance, the developer would have to "buy" 384 low-flush toilets to 
>balance the water books. It would be significantly less costly to the 
>developer if the developer installed water saving devices and appliances 
>throughout the house and xeriscaped the yard as well.
>
>Let's make a water budget and stick to it!
>
>Mark Solomon
>
>At 4:00 PM -0700 4/24/06, Tom Ivie wrote:
>>What about pump stations and irrigation districts?  This is done in 
>>southern Idaho. They seem to be able to pump out of the Snake up great 
>>distances to irrigate what otherwise would be desert land. Could it be 
>>done here?
>>
>>
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