BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18737988
SEQUENCE:18842898
CREATED:20130605T013100Z
DESCRIPTION:Thursday, June 13th, 7pm\nQuaker Meetinghouse, 225 Rooney Street, Santa 
 Cruz\nFree admission, $10 donation requested\n \n \nRick Longinotti of 
 Desal Alternatives, and Jan Bentley, retired City Superintendent of Water 
 Production, will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Draft EIR on 
 the desal project.\n\nAccording to Rick Longinotti, "There's good news in 
 the Draft EIR. It reports that even with fish habitat constraints, the 
 severity of a worst case drought has dropped from 45% curtailment in 2003 
 to 29% currently. That's because water use has dropped considerably in the 
 last ten years." \n \nWhat this means is that Santa Cruz is very close to 
 the threshold established by the Water Commission in 2003 as the maximum 
 tolerable level of curtailment: 25%.  If a few conservation measures could 
 reduce our current curtailment risk below 25%, the desal plant would not be 
 warranted according to the Water Commission's standard. \n \nThe biggest 
 weakness in the Draft EIR is the claim that there is no significant 
 environmental impact for the project because the plant is to be "carbon 
 neutral". The plan to accomplish  carbon neutrality on the energy-intensive 
 project centers on the purchase of "certified greenhouse gas offsets". The 
 EIR fails to evaluate the offset strategy. Nor does it discuss what 
 "certified" means, or whether any "certified offsets" will be available to 
 purchase.  \n \nFor more information contact Rick Longinotti at 
 longinotti@baymoon.com or 831-515-8072. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/04/18737988.php
SUMMARY:Desal Alternatives Presents its Response to the Draft Environmental Impact Report
LOCATION:Quaker Meetinghouse, 225 Rooney Street, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/04/18737988.php
DTSTART:20130614T020000Z
DTEND:20130614T040000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR