- Voice: Moving forward with QSA (5) Mar 8, 2010
bismarcksalot wrote on Mar 7, 2010 11:42 AM:" Reasonable and Beneficial Use, enough said forward with the QSA. ". rcasarez wrote on Mar 7, 2010 8:03 AM:" Well said Mr Kuiper, in the last ten years IID hasn't developed any strengths worthy of mentioning. Our conservation projects, reservoirs, canal lining have been paid for by outside agencies such as MWD, SDCWU, and other agencies. On an individual basis, the valley has not funded conservation projects on its own. We have not proven to be great... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
New Process Yields High-Energy-Density, Plant-Based Transportation Fuel Feb 28, 2010
The simple process preserves about 95 percent of the energy from the original biomass, requires little hydrogen input, and captures carbon dioxide under high pressure for future beneficial use. With James Dumesic, Steenbock Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UW-Madison, postdoctoral researchers Jesse Bond and David Martin Alonso, and graduate students Dong Wang and Ryan West published details of the advance in the Feb. 26 edition of the journal Science. (Science Daily)
Tapatio in default on loan; foreclosure, sale or bankruptcy possible (324) Feb 27, 2010
oldboerne wrote on Feb 23, 2010 8:38 PM:" Waste usually means that the water is withdrawn without a beneficial use. Stealing is taking what does not belong to you. The recognized law in Texas is that you own the water under your property. If the city of Boerne withdraws massive amounts of ground water and causes my well to go dry is that stealing? If the city of Boerne uses massive amounts of surface water and the creek behind my house goes dry, is that stealing?I ". curmudgeon-in-training wrote... (Boerne Star, TX)
Council finds another ally in water fight Feb 26, 2010
There is a beneficial use for this water. The Council's action follows a presentation by Jay Johnson-Castro Sr. of RGISC at Council two weeks prior. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
- Abatti questions secretary of the interior 0 Feb 25, 2010
At this point, I strongly agree with Director Abatti that the government won t come down to take over the IID, but there is an issue of (Part) 417 of reasonable and beneficial use, Sanchez said. Part 417 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires each user of the Colorado River to justify annually their request for water. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Related: 'Bashing the feds' Feb 21, 2010
But the majority of the water is not put to a specific beneficial use, creating myriad problems. At a recent press conference, Freudenthal accused the EPA of playing Monday-morning quarterback and throwing stones at the state. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
House bill aims to preserve water rights for landowners (272) Feb 16, 2010
His testimony would appear to be in support of the Sept. 6 Oregon attorney general opinion to the Oregon Water Resources Department which quotes Rights to Waters of Silvies River: "This conclusion is in accord with case law recognizing that landowners within irrigation districts are the 'owners' of the water right in regard to beneficial use and the real appropriator for beneficial purposes.". Given these facts, we believe that HB 3298 does not change the current ownership of any water right. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Flood bills being fought Feb 5, 2010
The district board directed its staff in December, 2009 "to conduct the necessary studies to develop an apportionment based on flood protection for a supplemental 2009-2010 assessment in the Hudson River Area,'' according to a statement on the district Web site."Their idea of beneficial use is crazy,'' said Saratoga County Administrator David Wickerham, whose county received a bill of more than $1 million. "I really question their authority to do it,'' Wickerham stated.The district billed Albany... (Albany Times Union)
- A Reader Writes: Starting over is a bad choice (5) Jan 31, 2010
IID is transferring water to the San Diego County Water Authority and the Coachella Valley Water District because of a ruling in 1982 by the State Water Resources Control Board that the district was failing to put its water to reasonable and beneficial use. Even though the district has long maintained that its water use is as efficient as any purveyor s in the West, a calculated determination was made that the costs of future legal fights were outweighed by the safety and certainty of a water... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Williams vs. the water board Jan 28, 2010
He called the application speculative and premature, and said the application doesn't demonstrate how the water will be put to a beneficial use. The second issue, Weatherby said, was the location of the use of the water to be transported from Pecos County. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Cle Elum community rallies to get out levy vote Jan 26, 2010
Eric Terrill, president of the Education Foundation of Cle Elum-Roslyn and husband of campaign chair Monica Terrill, said passing the levies is putting tax money to beneficial use. The district currently ranks as the 276th least taxed school district out of 296 in the state he said. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Williams' water application “administratively incomplete” Jan 21, 2010
He called the application speculative and premature, and said the application doesn't demonstrate how the water will be put to a beneficial use ... McCarthy added that municipal and industrial use is defined by law as a beneficial use ... Johnson conceded beneficial use, but said the application did not answer the questions of who would use the water, where the water would be used and for what purpose. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Kittitas County public hearing looks at exempt well pact Jan 20, 2010
advertisement During that period, home construction and other projects dependent on the drilling of new wells or use of new, existing wells could continue as long as the beneficial use of the wells begin before the end of the 150 days. The full text of the agreement can be found on the Kittitas County government Web site. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Judge upholds QSA ruling Jan 15, 2010
Revenue from the transfer agreement pays for improvements to our system and on-farm conservation that improves our reasonable and beneficial use, which is the standard that all Colorado River users are held to, Sanchez said. Menvielle said IID will continue to protect its water rights. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Is Coal Ash Hazardous? Jan 14, 2010
There is no evidence, they say, that the "beneficial use" of ash would stop with a hazardous-waste designation. "I have never seen the first study or piece of data to substantiate the claim that there would be this stigma that would stop recycling of coal ash," said Jeff Stant, director of the 's campaign for federal regulation of coal-combustion waste. (Scientific American)
State firms win clean energy credits Jan 10, 2010
The process uses 88 percent less energy than traditional fired clay products, while avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions associated with concrete, and makes beneficial use of fly ash. will get a $1. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
