… (Before) investing $168 million to construct a 13-mile pipeline over a half decade (while diverting 3,800 acre-feet to 4,750 acre-feet out of the Russian River’s ecosystem, let’s first build resilience from within. Marin could quietly augment our water security through a fast and affordable strategy that, oddly, no one seems to be talking about: reduce systemic losses. … In short, every day, for each of our 63,853 metered connections, MMWD leaks 21.5 gallons, misplaces another 9.6 and sends us 320 ridiculously cheap gallons to spray around wherever and however we want.
–Written by James Workman, author of the award-winning book “Heart of Dryness” and founder of water credit platform AquaShares Inc.