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- From: johne@tule.intel.com (john elliott)
- Subject: Re: Water Wasters On Parade
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.194409.28350@aus.intel.com>
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- Organization: Software Technology Group, Intel Corp.
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:44:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.052608.28584@swmerc.rain.com>,
- ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin) writes:
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- > From: ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin)
- > Subject: Re: Water Wasters On Parade
- > Message-ID: <1992Aug21.052608.28584@swmerc.rain.com>
- > Organization: Merwin Software Services, Inc.
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- > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 05:26:08 GMT
- >
- > In article <BtAz05.4yK@vcd.hp.com> johne@vcd.hp.com (John Eaton) writes:
- > >Ed Wright {Sys Admin Wienie} (edw@sequent.com) wrote:
- > >:
- > >: I went by Beaver Creek Last night and noticed that the sprinklers were
- > >: flowing over soggy emerald green sod.
- > >:
- > >-----------------------
- > >Does Beaver Creek draw water from Bull Run? Can it supply water into
- > >the Bull Run System? If not then it makes no sense at all for them to
- > >ration. When the Midwest was withering under a 50 year drought in the 80's
- > >did you cut back in your water usage? That would have been about as
- effective.
- > >
- > >Portland is suffering because the population grew and the water
- system didn't.
- > >Those areas that had the luck or forsight not the make the same mistake owe
- > >nothing to Portland.
- >
- > What I don't understand is why Portland doesn't insist that Washington
- > county take over all water users within it's boundaries? Large portions
- > of Washington county are fed from the Bull Run system. If there's so
- > much water in the Trask/Cascades, why can't the water companies change
- > over and leave the Bull Run system to the Portland users? This may force
- > brown lawns in Beaverton/Hillsboro (Horrors! :-) ), but at least it would
- > take some of the preassure off the Bull Run system.
- >
- > Ralph
- > --
- > -------- DOS Windows - The worst plague ever let loose upon humans --------
- > Ralph Merwin ralph@swmerc.rain.com 503-526-8647
-
- Simple:
- Portland makes monel selling Bull Run Water. They would rather have
- restrictions than to
- buy it from Hillsboro or any other distric that has enough water.
- John Elliott
-