Water Shortage - How Bad?

[Garrett]

Ok, so there's a water shortage which of course makes our
electric bill sky rocket...

So does anyone know just how bad off our water supply is, and
are we due for rolling black outs this summer like California
been already experiencing?

Best regards,
-Garrett

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[Glenn]

I know Kent has mandatory water conservation WITH fines.

Last I read was the streams are lower than normal, lakes are lower than
normal and streams are below normal. TPU says water is okay, no problems.

Sort of like last year when rainfall and all was below normal except for
a couple of months.

But Garrett you and I are not experts in this field. Though it seems (as
it did last year) that we are drying up and lacking in water, not having
a energy background its just laymen making noise. :-)

OTOH, when we get reamed with another 45% increase in November we can be
told again that TPU can't forecast the future, who would have ever
guessed we would have a shortage in 2001!

Glenn

BTW Tacoma has only hit 12% of the 20% TPU said we needed.

In article <Xns90C5C702BF5B4...@24.7.143.114>,
logic...@SPAMOFFhotmail.com says...

[mfmul...@hotmail.com]

Yes, we get stuck with a rate increase on water but the city of Tacoma
actually has a surplus supply of water to sell, almost 11 million
gallons a day...where does it come from?

I assume it comes from all the wells the City has in the south end
aquafier.

[Bob]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 05:54:03 GMT, mfmul...@hotmail.com wrote:

>Yes, we get stuck with a rate increase on water but the city of Tacoma
>actually has a surplus supply of water to sell, almost 11 million
>gallons a day...where does it come from?
>
>I assume it comes from all the wells the City has in the south end
>aquafier.

Pulp mill has cut their water use down a lot. Might work out they have
saved so much the city needs to raise rates to cover the lost income.
Might be the rate increase is needed to update the out of town water
utilities they have taken over recently. You know spread the cost
around to more customers so your rates stay low. Hmmm. That doesn't
seem to work out now does it...

[butchieg]

The lack of rain was a large contributor to the skyrocketing power rates
that we have seen, but it is not tied in to Tacoma's drinking water
situation. The drinking water comes from the Green river and at least two
large well fields. At the present time there is no shortage of drinking
water in the Tacoma Water service area. Water companies with different
supply systems are not in as good of shape.
As far as rolling blackouts, The Pacific Northwest should not have them
unless we experience a problem with the transmission grid. The summertime
is a period of lower load demand in this area and we are not required to
sell power to California at our expense. If we don't get something close to
normal rainfall this fall it could be a different story this winter. We
especially need rainfall in the Columbia River drainage basin.
"Garrett" <logic...@SPAMOFFhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns90C5C702BF5B4...@24.7.143.114...

[butchieg]

Tacoma Water also has a large well field in the Green River Watershed.
<mfmul...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b303a3f...@news.supernews.com...

[Bob Weber]

From http://www.ci.tacoma.wa.us/water/system/system.htm
"Currently the Green River can supply up to 72 million gallons of water each
day.
Tacoma Water can supplement its Green River supply with water from seven wells
located along the North Fork of the Green River. This well field normally can
meet the
same 72 million gallons per day production as the Green River in the winter and
spring
months. These wells are used only when the water in the river is too turbid (or
cloudy),
usually in the fall and winter when rain and snow melt washes soil sediment
into the
river."

butchieg wrote:

> The lack of rain was a large contributor to the skyrocketing power rates
> that we have seen, but it is not tied in to Tacoma's drinking water
> situation. The drinking water comes from the Green river and at least two
> large well fields. At the present time there is no shortage of drinking
> water in the Tacoma Water service area. Water companies with different
> supply systems are not in as good of shape.

...[snip]...
--
Regards,
Bob,
--Experience is what you learn right after you need it.--

[Garrett]

Glenn, Bob and all,

Thanks for the reponses... My main concern, is since I work
online, and with the power shortages in CA, I was worried that
we too might get hit with their problems.. I was gauging whether
I should invest in some battery backup units for my PC's, or
even go as far as a generator.

But with what everyone here knows and has passed on to me, I
don't think I'll need to make that kind of investment this year
then... Good thing too, really can't afford to be going around
buying a bunch of things like that right now. Too busy trying
to make sure I pay the electric bill.. ;-)

Again, thanks for the responses.