Investigate West: One of the country’s fastest-growing cities suddenly has a long-term water problem.
The weather was uncharacteristically drizzly for late summer when Seattle Public Utilities tour guide Ralph Naess, tooling along a backroad in the city-protected Cedar River watershed, suddenly looked skyward with alarm at a sudden sunbreak.
“Hey -- the sun is coming out. Bad news!” Naess exclaimed. Turning to visitors, he explained: “We would much prefer a dousing rain for a month.”
It’s not unusual for......
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Posted by Investigate West: None Given on September 9th, 2015
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