Re: Priest Point Park Artesian well
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Andra
Jul 28, 2012, 3:13:06 PM7/28/12
to laurian, Alison Metheny, Karen Patrick, Dawn Warren, Peter Spotts, Wade Stine, Scuff Acuff, Andra, Steve Dirk, Google Group
Well, I sent an email (text of same
included below) -- though I honestly doubt it will do much good.
Ms. Stevie isn't going to be in her office until Monday (great
timing, Olympian) -- though I noticed that the press release was
dated 7/17... it took them 10 days to print anything...
I did make it to the top of the dirt bank on Thursday -- and I have serious doubts about how much energy we ought to expend on this particular well -- except on the general principle, as I noted to Ms. Stevie, that water is going to become ever more precious as climate change and population increase goes on...
My concern about this particular fight is that (1) I don't think we're likely to get much general-community support and (2) there is so very little time (if any) for negotiation. IMO, our main hope on this one is for those of us who have good relations with the city council and other Great Powers to contact them and hope for intercession. There isn't even time to get a letter into the Olympian before they start work... though that might be something else to try...
Andra
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My email text ...
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Dear Ms. Stevie,
I read in this morning's Olympian that the artesian well on the shoreline of the park is to be destroyed, as part of the restoration project. Shoreline restoration is, obviously, a good thing to do -- but I have serious reservations about the destruction of yet another of Olympia's precious artesian wells.
I'm sorry that the news is made public only a few days before work is to begin -- had we had more time, perhaps an alternate plan could have been devised, that would have allowed for preservation of this well. As a temporary measure, would it be possible to carry out all of the planned work without destroying the well -- to allow time for a long-term preservation plan to be worked out?
There's a good bit of evidence that clean water is going to become rarer -- and more precious -- in the coming decades, if only because there are going to be more and more people.
As the Friends of the Artesians discovered, polluted soil makes drilling new artesian wells in downtown Olympia extremely problematic. This makes the few remaining wells even more precious.
Can we talk about this?
On 7/27/2012 7:54 PM, laurian wrote:
I did make it to the top of the dirt bank on Thursday -- and I have serious doubts about how much energy we ought to expend on this particular well -- except on the general principle, as I noted to Ms. Stevie, that water is going to become ever more precious as climate change and population increase goes on...
My concern about this particular fight is that (1) I don't think we're likely to get much general-community support and (2) there is so very little time (if any) for negotiation. IMO, our main hope on this one is for those of us who have good relations with the city council and other Great Powers to contact them and hope for intercession. There isn't even time to get a letter into the Olympian before they start work... though that might be something else to try...
Andra
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My email text ...
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Dear Ms. Stevie,
I read in this morning's Olympian that the artesian well on the shoreline of the park is to be destroyed, as part of the restoration project. Shoreline restoration is, obviously, a good thing to do -- but I have serious reservations about the destruction of yet another of Olympia's precious artesian wells.
I'm sorry that the news is made public only a few days before work is to begin -- had we had more time, perhaps an alternate plan could have been devised, that would have allowed for preservation of this well. As a temporary measure, would it be possible to carry out all of the planned work without destroying the well -- to allow time for a long-term preservation plan to be worked out?
There's a good bit of evidence that clean water is going to become rarer -- and more precious -- in the coming decades, if only because there are going to be more and more people.
As the Friends of the Artesians discovered, polluted soil makes drilling new artesian wells in downtown Olympia extremely problematic. This makes the few remaining wells even more precious.
Can we talk about this?
On 7/27/2012 7:54 PM, laurian wrote:
Hola Artesians,
This is a Code Red.
In the July 27th Olympian I read the Olympia Art, Parks, and Recreation Department is planning on removing an old bulkhead on the northern end of Priest Point Park. While I am a strong advocate of shoreline rehabilitation I am concerned the artesian well adjacent to the bulkhead could be in peril. I have sent an email to Michelle Stevie requesting she contact me and let me know what plans might be in store for the well.
I encourage everyone to contact Ms. Stevie mst...@ci.olympia.wa.us and let her know how important this artesian well is to all of us.
Laurian
The link to the Olympian article http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/27/2188830/restoration-of-priest-point-park.html
The link to OPARD press release http://olympiawa.gov/news-and-faq-s/news-releases/shoreline-restoration-project
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