Proceeding Number A.12-04-019 PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE'S MOTION TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION OF REASONABLE COURSES OF ACTION CONSISTENT WITH LAW BEFORE COMMITTING THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC TO AN UNREASONABLE PROJECT

ABSTRACT: Re: In the Matter of the Application of California American Water Company (U 210 W) for Approval of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project and Authorization to Recover All Present and Future Costs in Rates, PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE'S MOTION TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION OF REASONABLE COURSES OF ACTION CONSISTENT WITH LAW BEFORE COMMITTING THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC TO AN UNREASONABLE PROJECT document is embedded. Importantly, “While evidence is still being assembled to support the experimental engineering involved in implementing slant wells under a protected Marine Sanctuary and the perhaps unnecessary brine disposal and an energy intensive mode of fresh water production in a vulnerable coastal zone in a time of extreme climate change, perhaps the familiar alternative project involving reservoir operation and a new pipeline at the head of the Salinas watershed could be reinvestigated instead of going through all sorts of legal contortions to avoid public consideration of such reasonable projects that have long been on public agency agendas.”

Public Trust Alliance's Motion to Request Consideration of Reasonable Courses

Filing Date 02-06-14
PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE'S MOTION TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION OF REASONABLE COURSES OF ACTION CONSISTENT WITH LAW BEFORE COMMITTING THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC TO AN UNREASONABLE PROJECT