Your Clean Water Advocates Since 1995 There are no guarantees that San Diego’s magnificent coasts...
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Your Clean Water Advocates Since 1995 There are no guarantees that San Diego’s magnificent coasts will remain forever. San Diego Coastkeeper protects the region’s inland and coastal waters for the communities and wildlife that depend on them by blending education, community empowerment and advocacy.
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Your Clean Water Advocates Since 1995
There are no guarantees that San Diego’s magnificent coasts will remain forever.
San Diego Coastkeeper protects the region’s inland and coastal waters for the communities and wildlife that depend on them by blending education, community empowerment and advocacy.
The Waterkeeper Story
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!” --Margaret Meade
Cheap water isn’t cheap…
19% of CA energy used to treat & move water throughout stateImpact on fish populations and other wildlife Taking water from other communities in needPutting San Diego at risk
Current Costs of WS Options*
* From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010
…and current supplies are getting pricier
Current Costs of WS Options
“When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.”
-Benjamin Franklin
* From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010
Energy Usage of WS Options
* From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010
Carbon Footprint
0
10,000
51,000
58,000
82,000
98,000
120,000
101,27190,719
38,102
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
Tons
CO
2 Em
itted
ConservationReuse (non-potable)
ColoradoRiver
Transfers
Reuse(potable)
State WaterProject
Transfers
Desalination(subsurface
intake)
Desalination(open ocean
intake) -SDCK
Desalination(open oceanintake) - SLC
Desalination(open oceanintake) - CCC
Desalination(open ocean
intake) -Poseidon
Tons CO2 Emitted Annually to Produce 56,000 Acre Feet of Water
Comparing WS Options
* From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010
A New Vision
not
Vision Statement
To ensure San Diego’s long-term water security in an environmentally and economically sustainable way
"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
- Michelangelo
Goals
To develop a comprehensive and forward-looking water portfolio that:• is Safe/protective of public health• is Reliable & flexible • is Affordable • is Environmentally protective/beneficial• is Energy smart• is Municipally owned/controlled• Prioritizes most critical uses
Strategies
San Diego’s Water Supply strategies should include:• Conservation & efficiency (regulations + pricing)• IPR (decentralized)• Rainwater harvesting• Graywater• Increased storage/more flexibility • Small-scale/targeted purple pipe• Small-scale/targeted desalination (subsurface
intakes)_____________________________________________________________• Large scale purple pipe• Large-scale or open-ocean intake desalination • Additional transfers/peripheral canal
Where Our Water Could Come From
Local
Runoff 9%
Recycled: Reclaim add’l 70 MGD from N. City and Pt. Loma
34%
Conservation: Reduce add’l 40 gal/person/day (39%)
Imported Water (CO
River & SWP) 18%
Contact Info
For more information, contact San Diego Coastkeeper at:
