Water Boarding
But water rates and water grabs are not all that concern these candidates. Most also acknowledge the 50-year-old water system’s need for infrastructure rehab (a plan for which the current board is about midway through developing). Some of them are eyeing the pernicious quagga mussell — that’s the barnacle-like critter that, if it ever made its way into the Ruth Lake reservoir, could multiply fiendishly and clog everything in sight: pumps, pipes and the water staff’s nightmares.
Others are prepared to make fluoride an issue again.
Many just seem rather prone to service and wonkery.
And one or two might be in it purely for the game.
Whoever wins these three seats, HBMWD General Manager Carol Rische just hopes they’ve got their priorities in order — that they are prepared for the mundane day-to-day business of pumps and pipes.
“The most important thing we do is deliver reliable, high-quality water every day,” said Rische. “It’s the reason the regional water system was built, the reason the water district was formed, and we’ve done it well for 50 years. So, I’m a huge believer in back-to-basics and focus on your core service mission. And this board needs to understand that and support that.”
Division 1, covering the west side of Eureka
This race is not about the water.
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Comment / By Munk / Oct. 17, 2008, 7:41 a.m.
Davies lists his “ten years of environmental litigation” as a qualification. Does anyone know of any cases he has actually litigated? I think he is involved with the Rodoni lawsuit. How is that working out?