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Your Clean Water Advocates Since 1995

San Diego Coastkeeper protects inland and coastal waters, blending education, community empowerment, and advocacy to safeguard wildlife and communities. Learn about the importance of water conservation, sustainable practices, and the impacts on ecosystems.

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Your Clean Water Advocates Since 1995

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  1. Your Clean Water Advocates Since 1995 San Diego Coastkeeper protects the region’s inland and coastal waters for the communities and wildlife that depend on them by blending education, community empowerment and advocacy. There are no guarantees that San Diego’s magnificent coasts will remain forever.

  2. The Waterkeeper Story “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!” --Margaret Meade

  3. Cheap water isn’t cheap… • 19% of CA energy used to treat & move water throughout state • Impact on fish populations and other wildlife • Taking water from other communities in need • Putting San Diego at risk

  4. Current Costs of WS Options* * From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010

  5. …and current supplies are getting pricier

  6. Current Costs of WS Options * From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010 • “When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.” • -Benjamin Franklin

  7. Energy Usage of WS Options * From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010

  8. Carbon Footprint

  9. Comparing WS Options * From Equinox Center/FBEI Assessing SD’s Water Option Report, July 2010

  10. A New Vision not

  11. Vision Statement • To ensure San Diego’s long-term water security in an environmentally and economically sustainable way "The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo

  12. Goals • To develop a comprehensive and forward-looking water portfolio that: • is Safe/protective of public health • is Reliable & flexible • is Affordable • is Environmentally protective/beneficial • is Energy smart • is Municipally owned/controlled • Prioritizes most critical uses

  13. Strategies • San Diego’s Water Supply strategies should include: • Conservation & efficiency (regulations + pricing) • IPR (decentralized) • Rainwater harvesting • Graywater • Increased storage/more flexibility • Small-scale/targeted purple pipe • Small-scale/targeted desalination (subsurface intakes) _____________________________________________________________ • Large scale purple pipe • Large-scale or open-ocean intake desalination • Additional transfers/peripheral canal

  14. Where Our Water Could Come From Imported Water (CO River & SWP) 18% Conservation: Reduce add’l 40 gal/person/day (39%) Local Runoff 9% Recycled: Reclaim add’l 70 MGD from N. City and Pt. Loma 34%

  15. Contact Info For more information, contact San Diego Coastkeeper at: 619-758-7743 bruce@sdcoastkeeper.org www.sdcoastkeeper.org

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