Editor: It appears the California State Legislature is once again attempting to grant governmental authority to ban and remove residential water softeners with the introduction of AB 1366, which looks virtually identical to AB 2270 that Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed last term.
I can only hope that the 5th district's new State Senator, Lois Wolk, recalls her elementary science related to separating salt from salt-water better than her predecessor.
Once again, building solar arrays to power desalination plants will not only provide a better solution to the issue at hand, but will create jobs leading to additional tax revenue for the state. Furthermore, if the solar arrays were built with capacity exceeding the needs of the desalination facilities, the state could sell the additional power to the energy companies, and add capacity to the state power grid. This would allow the project to more than pay for itself while addressing issues of water salinity, job and tax revenue shortage, and state power capacity – all while keeping the government out of my home and allowing me to save money and energy by using my water softener.
It boils down to elementary science, simple civics and easy economics – c'mon folks!
Daniel Wells, Tracy