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Posted: 4/3/2006 11:09:48 PM EDT
So a company buys the brewery(includes water rights) with plans to turn into water bottling plant. Finances fall through so they are sitting on it. City of Olympia wants the water rights, company says not interested in selling but, would entertain a lease. So what does the city of Olympia do? (keep in mind the brewery is in the city of Tumwater) they sue of course with intent to condemn.
City of Tumwater is outraged that the city of Olympia would do such a thing behind their back, so what do they do? Sue of course! Lacey??? Yup gotta get a piece of that pie! What about the PUD??? Let's sue also! Fuckers!  |
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Posted: 4/3/2006 11:16:26 PM EDT
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When the spirit of the law is not enforced, there is lawlessness !
Remember the gregwhore debacle ? the supremes scolded the repubs and dems and told them not to use the court to twist the law ? |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 5:20:04 AM EDT
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Wierd!
I'm still in shock that a state that has rain over 200 day a year can be short of water. Heck, LCR has floods every year. Wonder why reservoirs aren't filled? |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 6:27:43 AM EDT
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Courts will rule this as for the "greater good"...
Morons don't realize we live in a FREE country, not some backwards commu-nazi "utopia". |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 6:47:18 AM EDT
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And weirder yet, when there's water shortages, water rates go up. Huh? Are they trucking more in from out of state? I'm pretty sure that's called gouging. If I know all the hotels in my area are going to be booked up solid, I could very conceivably raise my rates indefinitely, and get away with it for that time period. But, that would make me an asshole. My costs do not go up because there's more demand than supply. How in the hell does the public utility get away with it when they are charging for melted snow? And if I have my tin foil hat on correctly, I notice that EVERY year, the major local news networks report the possibility of drought during the winter, until they get made asses out of them by mother nature dumping ungodly amounts of snow and rain.  fuckers |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 7:06:35 AM EDT
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If the gevernment can't have it then nobody can! We're taking our ball and going home! Oh, by the way it's not your ball... Who cares, we'll take it in court, the judge is one of us.
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Posted: 4/4/2006 7:20:46 AM EDT
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Our water reserves depend on snowpack not just filled resevoirs. |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 12:34:21 PM EDT
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Because of the secret Bush/Cheney water tunnels that transport water to Southern California... 
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Posted: 4/4/2006 12:58:55 PM EDT
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Thats no joke KA3B, remember they are still trying to take water out of the columbia and pipe it to california. |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 1:04:07 PM EDT
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That is right... In hopes of backing up the Colorado, and filling in the Grand Canyon. 
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Posted: 4/4/2006 1:15:14 PM EDT
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I dont get it, how does water in the LA basin back up the colorado ? |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 1:16:57 PM EDT
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Alot of expense in running a public water system. Water Treatment. Filtration, Flouridation, Chlorination and other Chemicals as needed... Infastructure: New pipes, New tanks , Upkeep of Hydrants etc etc ... Wages. Got keep up with Union wages ! Electricity $$$ , Go get yourself some 900-1000 HP electric motors and run them with a load for 6 months straight !!! Drought has more effect on Utilities that use surface water like the wetside. 
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Posted: 4/4/2006 1:32:36 PM EDT
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No doubt that there is..... but..
How does supplying a somewhat forecastable amount of water, increase in cost when the supply runs dry? I'm not trying to be a smartass, but it's a question I've never heard an answer to. Throwing more money at a problem that can't be fixed with more money just seems a little odd to me. Is it simply to curb waste, as a disciplinary action, or....? |
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Posted: 4/4/2006 3:02:23 PM EDT
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Because they know you'll pay for it!
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Posted: 4/4/2006 5:01:40 PM EDT
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Class warfare rears its ugly head again? 
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Posted: 4/5/2006 5:37:09 AM EDT
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Alot of factors involved really. Most Utilities can pass operating cost increases on to the customer in fairly arbitrary ways. If a water PUD surface water source resvr's are running low and they have exhausted or are getting near their well water rights limit they can purchase water from another nearby PUD with a system tie. Having to purchase water and pump it around is added costs. How much of an increase do you see ? Alot of the receant costs have been more driven by Fed clean water regulations on the sewer side. Personally my water usage bill runs $ 8-10 a month but the sewer side has skyrocketed with surcharges and storm water fees that cost $ 25-30 a month ! |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 6:38:24 AM EDT
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I had wondered about auxillary pumps and such, but didn't know there were connections to other water systems for purchase agreements. Makes sense.
At home, domestic water is supplied by an artesian well/spring, but at work I do deal with conventional utilities. My question is really only abstract in interest, since I'm not aware of any drought caused increases to water rates in LCRville. The media reports the same story every year for Seattle, and it seemed odd to me, since there was never an explanation offered, about where the money goes. Understood on the $sewer$ side of the equation.... I think about it every time I refill the swimming pool at work... 
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