The Proposals

Today I added information about the reasons a new water source is needed (the "Why" tab) and a synopsis of the most prominent proposal: the Water Supply Project. I also tried to summarize the various comments (for and against) that have been made, culled from various websites, testimony given at public forums, media interviews, etc. Most of the objections center around Cal-Am's ownership of the plant instead of ownership by the ratepayers who are paying for it. Not to defend Cal-Am, but playing devil's advocate for the moment I suppose it tried a public-private venture with the Regional Desalinization Project and it failed, which might be why it's now proposing to own the plant itself (not that I know what Cal-Am is thinking). On the other hand, the argument goes, since public-private didn't work, we could go the other way and have it totally public-owned by buying out Cal-Am. There's a general distrust of Cal-Am out there; I've attempted to summarize those arguments as well. I'm learning about the other proposals now and will add that information soon.