Jim Morin of the Miami Herald says it best (Hit on it)!
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Our County & City Leadership Have Created This Water Crisis
We are once again being painfully reminded that South Florida is in the middle of another terrible water crisis. Restrictions have been placed on our daily use and everyone is mandated to conserve by consuming less and less water in all aspects of our lives.
On April 23rd the Miami Herald wrote in the Opinion section a story titled "Meeting our water-supply needs" it stated the following...
“The deepening drought emphasizes the fragility of our regional water system and underscores our need to develop alternative water resources. Our county consumes approximately 346 million gallons of water per day. Currently, only 5 percent of that water is reclaimed for reuse. That means we are throwing out almost 300 million gallons of water every day. The amount of water Miami-Dade sends out to sea every year could fill a typical swimming pool almost five million times over. The Biscayne Aquifer is replenished with the help of Lake Okeechobee, which, as we have all heard, is currently at its lowest level in many years. The drought is thus far the third-most severe in recorded history. An already critical situation could get worse.”
“Follow the mandatory water-use restrictions for watering lawns, washing cars, etc. Fix leaky faucets and toilets. Install low-flow shower heads. Reduce the time you spend in the shower. Think before you turn on the spigot. Managers at the South Florida Water Management District say that the drought may be the worst ever in South Florida because, for the first time, drought conditions prevail both in Lake Okeechobee and in the conservation areas. And for the first time in history, water managers have cut off water flows from the conservation areas into South Florida's canals.”
How did we get in this water crisis?
Our county and city governments have permitted this crisis by rezoning property for higher density and permitting developers to build the glut of housing that surrounds us.
What is our county and city doing to try to remedy this water shortage situation?
They have imposed water restriction on us.
They are also perpetuating the water crisis by continuing to agree to rezoning property so that even more unnecessary homes, condos and offices may be built.
What is required by our county and city governments?
We require more responsible leadership, where the concerns of our community, its people, quality of life and the necessary conservation of our most limited natural resources are respected and protected.
Harry - you forget that we ALL have the burden of paying for the infrastructure. They are talking about putting a desalination plant on Virginia Key. The well fields were contaminated by rock mining blasting. Who pays to clean that up? We have had salt water intrusion in wellfields near the coast so we had to abandon them. We need to build a treatment plant per a consent agreement with the DEP. It has to be built by 2008. Have they even started it? They are now injecting partially treated wastewater underground (and the injection well water has been migrating upward). The dense areas pay more than their share for infrastructure.
Jim Morin of the Miami Herald says it best (Hit on it)!
3 comments:
Our County & City Leadership Have Created This Water Crisis
We are once again being painfully reminded that South Florida is in the middle of another terrible water crisis. Restrictions have been placed on our daily use and everyone is mandated to conserve by consuming less and less water in all aspects of our lives.
On April 23rd the Miami Herald wrote in the Opinion section a story titled "Meeting our water-supply needs" it stated the following...
“The deepening drought emphasizes the fragility of our regional water system and underscores our need to develop alternative water resources. Our county consumes approximately 346 million gallons of water per day. Currently, only 5 percent of that water is reclaimed for reuse. That means we are throwing out almost 300 million gallons of water every day. The amount of water Miami-Dade sends out to sea every year could fill a typical swimming pool almost five million times over. The Biscayne Aquifer is replenished with the help of Lake Okeechobee, which, as we have all heard, is currently at its lowest level in many years. The drought is thus far the third-most severe in recorded history. An already critical situation could get worse.”
“Follow the mandatory water-use restrictions for watering lawns, washing cars, etc. Fix leaky faucets and toilets. Install low-flow shower heads. Reduce the time you spend in the shower. Think before you turn on the spigot. Managers at the South Florida Water Management District say that the drought may be the worst ever in South Florida because, for the first time, drought conditions prevail both in Lake Okeechobee and in the conservation areas. And for the first time in history, water managers have cut off water flows from the conservation areas into South Florida's canals.”
How did we get in this water crisis?
Our county and city governments have permitted this crisis by rezoning property for higher density and permitting developers to build the glut of housing that surrounds us.
What is our county and city doing to try to remedy this water shortage situation?
They have imposed water restriction on us.
They are also perpetuating the water crisis by continuing to agree to rezoning property so that even more unnecessary homes, condos and offices may be built.
What is required by our county and city governments?
We require more responsible leadership, where the concerns of our community, its people, quality of life and the necessary conservation of our most limited natural resources are respected and protected.
Harry Emilio Gottlieb
Coconut Grove
Harry - you forget that we ALL have the burden of paying for the infrastructure. They are talking about putting a desalination plant on Virginia Key. The well fields were contaminated by rock mining blasting. Who pays to clean that up? We have had salt water intrusion in wellfields near the coast so we had to abandon them. We need to build a treatment plant per a consent agreement with the DEP. It has to be built by 2008. Have they even started it? They are now injecting partially treated wastewater underground (and the injection well water has been migrating upward). The dense areas pay more than their share for infrastructure.
A classic, from Jim Morin. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but we would sure like to read the thousand Herald editorials it deserves.
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