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Who "Owns" the watershed?
Author: johnwvan
Date: 10-27-2007 - 16:18
Perhaps nitpicking, but Tacoma Water does not "own" vast amounts of the watershed. See this excerpt from their website:
"For more than 80 years, Tacoma Water has managed the Green River watershed. This forested land serves as a collecting point for melting snow and seasonal rainfall. It covers 148,884 acres on the west flank of the Cascade Mountains between Chinook and Snoqualmie passes. Tacoma Water owns only 10 percent of the watershed but has agreements with other owners to limit activities to keep the Green River water supply pure and fresh. Currently the Green River can supply up to 72 million gallons of water each day. This water flows by gravity into Tacoma, which minimizes expensive pumping costs."
Dictatorial management, maybe. Vast ownership, no.
"For more than 80 years, Tacoma Water has managed the Green River watershed. This forested land serves as a collecting point for melting snow and seasonal rainfall. It covers 148,884 acres on the west flank of the Cascade Mountains between Chinook and Snoqualmie passes. Tacoma Water owns only 10 percent of the watershed but has agreements with other owners to limit activities to keep the Green River water supply pure and fresh. Currently the Green River can supply up to 72 million gallons of water each day. This water flows by gravity into Tacoma, which minimizes expensive pumping costs."
Dictatorial management, maybe. Vast ownership, no.
