(artesian) which would tend to go dry every July. The old well was about 16 feet deep, very strong
mineral content. The new one is about 120' deep and runs good, clean water at strong pressure.
Still have a filter to remove sediments. Tends to plug up more during the rainy seasons. But the water is good. We are lucky, I guess. No fracking in the neighborhood.

Thanks for posting!

I belong to a litte water co-op. A lot cheaper than city water. I also have an 80 foot well which I put in when I first moved here because there was no other choice. Over 20 years ago, the water system got a grant from USDA to expand the system. You could get a tap for $25.00 plus you had to pay monthly the minimum fee for two years, even if you did not hook up. At the time the fee was $13.00, now around $26.00. A new tap now runs $1500.00.

I believe every house in this district has the opportunity to hook up to the system now. Some people though still use their wells. This system has won best in state for water quality and second place in the whole country. If it ever goes down, at least I do have back-up.

We import 80% of our water. 50% from the Colorado river and 30% from Northern Ca. With the continuing drought coupled with being at the tail end of the water supply chain I am concerned about the availability and cost of water. I just got an e-mail two days ago from the local water company outlining upcoming price increases.

With high volume good quality water. We're getting a much needed rain today, 0.4" so far. May was pretty dry too, only 4.8"...bringing the YTD to 33.4". We collect rainwater also... in 2000 gallon underground tanks that gravity fed down to the garden. The well is near the garden too, so we've got that covered.

Yes, water is important, and a primary consideration on any homestead.

Thanks for the OT and watery thoughts.

....that scientists can now see, from a simple brain scan, who has a brain optimized for psychopathic potential — and who has brains that are normal.

This is a really big deal, in my view. It's the surfboard that I paddled into politics on. Even before I was old enough to vote, I demanded that Presidential candidates undergo a brain scan screening in order to disclose to people what they are voting for.

Unfortunately, the US is not a meritocracy when it comes to selecting enlightened leaders. It is a pigsty. The degenerate quality of US election laws obsess over voter qualifications, while allowing any moronic pedophile, or god-fearing hallucinator, to run for President — without disclosing their state of mind. We don't care if they have a working knowledge of how the US government works — or any other government, for that matter. It's fine if they don't know that the people of Puerto Rico are American citizens. Or if they can name the 20 Human Rights currently denied to American citizens (of the 30 Declared Human Rights the US ratified in 1948). Americans like to brag that any know-nothing born in the U S of A has all the qualifications he needs to become President. And, it shows.

The one thing that must not be skipped, however, is the brain scan. This one single qualification could save the world. This discovery may be the most promising and powerful safeguard for protecting civilization and the earth, itself, that has every come along.

All hail the neuroscientists who counted the ganglia, so we don't have to, and then mapped what this dangerous brain defect looks like. There is no treatment or cure for a structural defect in the brain, just as there is no treatment for psychopathy. But there is a cure for politics, if we have the psychopaths removed. Psychopaths in power appoint fellow psychopaths to permanent government positions. The US government is filled with them, particularly the State Department, the Pentagon, the DOD, the Intelligence Industry, the Supreme Court, the DC District Courts, at DC's Think Tanks and Hedge Funds, and throughout both national political Parties.

Scientists Have Established a Key Biological Difference Between Psychopaths and Normal People

By NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY JUNE 1, 2022

The research found that the striatum region of the brain was on average ten percent larger in psychopathic individuals compared to a control group of individuals that had low or no psychopathic traits.

A new study has shown that psychopathic people have a bigger striatum area in their brain

Neuroscientists using MRI scans discovered that psychopathic people have a 10% larger striatum, a cluster of neurons in the subcortical basal ganglia of the forebrain, than regular people. This represents a clear biological distinction between psychopaths and non-psychopathic people.

Neuroscientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), the University of Pennsylvania, and California State University have discovered a biological distinction between psychopaths and non-psychopaths. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, scientists discovered that the striatum, an area of the forebrain, was 10% bigger in psychopathic people compared to a control group of individuals with low or no psychopathic traits.

Psychopaths, or those with psychopathic qualities, are people who have an egotistical and antisocial disposition. This is often characterized by a lack of guilt for their actions, a lack of empathy for others, and, in some cases, criminal tendencies.

The striatum, which is part of the forebrain, the subcortical region of the brain that encompasses the whole cerebrum, coordinates numerous elements of cognition, including motor and action planning, decision-making, motivation, reinforcement, and reward perception.

Previous research has shown that psychopaths have overactive striatum, but the influence of its size on behavior has yet to be confirmed. The new research demonstrates a significant biological difference between people who exhibit psychopathic tendencies and those who do not. While not all people with psychopathic qualities end up violating the law, and not all criminals satisfy the criteria for psychopathy, there is a strong association. There is also significant evidence that psychopathy is associated with more aggressive behavior.

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There will be typos. Gotta run.

It comes from the reservoir just up the canyon and last fall it was less than 50% full so they turned it off a month early, on a month later this year and will turn it off a month early again. We’re only supposed to water once a week but people aren’t going to do it as long as golf courses are green and the city waters as much as they want and the Saudis continue to grow alfalfa and send it back home. We’re in a 20 year drought and the worst in 1,200 years but nothing was done to save the water but people are yapping about it now.

The great salt lake affects our weather patterns but it’s the lowest it’s ever been in modern history but our legislature is full of real estate people and they are building everywhere including those gawd awful apartment buildings that people can only rent. If they find an inch of empty land they put up an apartment building. No greenery anywhere in site. Lots of people are tearing out their lawns and putting in rocks which is one of the dumbest ideas imo.

I’m camping in Ogden valley where lots of rich people have built homes that rely on well water and they won’t be told to only water once a week. They drained the wells last year and it affected this campground. People who live in LA also have huge lots and they too will keep their lawns nice and green no matter what. Rules are for the little people. Little people are pissed.

Thank you for this essay earthling1, and the interesting comments. The water for my dirt patch comes out of the bathtub spigot upstairs, which comes out of the Russian River. I just carried five gallons down there to water what grew back from last season's flower seeds, and two magic basil plants my neighbors gave me for their going away gift. The bees like basil. I have been a compulsive water conservationist since I can remember, it has always been a political fight, always. If I were queen of this nation-state, I'd do something else. Anyway, this was big front page news here yesterday:

State Water Board approves historic Russian River water sharing agreement

The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday approved a groundbreaking agreement that allows “senior” water rights holders in the upper Russian River watershed to share their supply with junior rights holders whose claims might otherwise be suspended due to drought.

The collaborative, community-first approach, negotiated over many months by agricultural, municipal, tribal and other stakeholders in the region, is the first of its kind to try to bring balance to the allocation of scarce water supplies in a state governed by what one board member called an “inherently inequitable” water rights system.

Instead of relying on the century-plus-old “first in time, first in right” system, through which younger water rights can be fully curtailed while senior rights are left completely whole, the voluntary framework approved Tuesday allows neighbors to support each other through hard times, supporters say.

"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown." Or, follow the link to discover who "the neighbors" include in their "plan".

The five-member board, which approved it unanimously, lauded it for its innovation and focus on equity, as well as its practicality in making room for more people to weather the drought successfully

I'd vote to get rid of that self-licking ice cream cone of a five-member board if it was on the ballot, but nope. Their website is called California Water Boards, because nothing says torture like a water board, eh? LOL Please proceed, governor.

While diversions of Eel River water into the East Branch Russian River and Lake Mendocino through the Potter Valley powerhouse still might provide enough to buffer downstream users, supporters of the voluntary agreement were incensed to discover three weeks ago that Pacific Gas & Electric had asked federal regulators for permission to reduce those flows to a fraction of what they normally would be.

The company did so, members of the water sharing steering committee said, even though it has pledged and been directed by regulators to share such information with a working group comprised of stakeholders in the Potter Valley project, many of whom are involved in the water sharing effort, as well.

“This is a year’s worth of work,” said Phillip A. Williams, special water counsel for the City of Ukiah, still clearly angry. “We are 99 percent of the way there, and then PG&E files a variance.”

BOOM! Oops. Fuck PG&E, omg that bunch has been making me swear my whole damn life! No water? No electricity! Aargh! Who planned that out? Nobody. So PE Berkshire Hathaway is very stinking rich PU, and I am very not. Okay, alright. I already over quoted the article, and there's more in it. California water rights are an essay of their own. On corruption. Heh. Situation Normal All Fucked Up.

Peace and Love