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RE: NEPA Rollback - Implications Good or Bad?

Posted By Dudley McFadden 07-21-2020 05:02 PM
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This isn't a complete rollback. Resources will not be depleted. Consider the societal impacts of unreasonable and burdensome compliance. We don't have limitless funds available. Just because many people think something is beneficial for the environment doesn't necessarily mean it is essential. It is ...

RE: New Orleans' Levees Sinking after Massive Upgrading

Posted By Dudley McFadden 04-22-2019 11:32 AM
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​Indeed there are significant societal issues. I commend to you John McPhee's essay "Atchafalaya" in Control of Nature, 1989. ------------------------------ Dudley McFadden, D.WRE, PE, M.ASCE Sacramento Municipal Utility District Views are my own, not of my employer -------------------------- ...

More Storage?

Posted By Dudley McFadden 07-03-2014 11:35 AM
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In western states like California we are always hearing about building more "storage" (that means dams and reservoirs) to solve water supply shortfalls. Building more storage in the 20th century brought more agricultural development, water-hungry tree crops, larger cities, and the ensuing dependency ...

Water Storage

Posted By Dudley McFadden 06-18-2014 04:58 PM
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In western states like California we are always hearing about building more "storage" (that means dams and reservoirs) to solve water supply shortfalls. Building more storage in the 20th century brought more agricultural development, water-hungry tree crops, larger cities, and the ensuing dependency ...