by Editor | Apr 30, 2013 | Smart Meters, Water Issues
MATT BATCHELDOR | Staff writer The Olympian Posted 4/29/2013 In Olympia, the meter reader is beginning to go the way of the milkman and the encyclopedia salesman. The Olympia City Council last week approved paying the company Itron $4.4 million to replace or retrofit...
by Editor | Apr 30, 2013 | War on the West, Water Issues
By K.C. Mehaffey Wenatchee World staff writer Monday, April 29, 2013 CHELAN — Officials from the city of Chelan contend that their glacier-fed lake is unique, and they aim to convince federal, state and county officials at a 3-hour conference next week. If they...
by Editor | Apr 30, 2013 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, Property Rights, War on the West, Water Issues
SEQUIM –– Few answers were given to questions raised at the first in a series of meetings on the new Dungeness water rule last week, but several issues were tagged for greater exploration in subsequent meetings. Various sectors affected by the state Department of...
by Editor | Apr 30, 2013 | WA State DOE, WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues
My comment on the Clallam County Comissioner’s April 29, 2013 “Water” work session by Pearl Rains-Hewett Posted 4/29/2013. As of February 22, 2013 “LOCAL” Water Management Program (for WRIA 18 Clallam County) Background: In 1998,...
by Editor | Apr 23, 2013 | Water Issues
Commentary by Pearl Rains-Hewett Posted 4/23/2013 If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~Ronald Reagan The history of WATER movement All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the...
by Editor | Apr 23, 2013 | Water Issues
Editorial – The Daily Record Posted 4/23/2013 Kittitas County, WA – Call it cutting edge, well ahead of the curve or being a guinea pig for state agencies, but there is no denying Kittitas County is tackling exempt well issues that likely will be...
