The City of Ithaca has spent a lot of time wrestling with questions about how best to supply water to its citizens. While discussion focused on the choice between renovating the existing Six Mile Creek system or switching to the Bolton Point system's water from Cayuga Lake, TCLocal found some interesting possibilities for generating power from Six Mile Creek that could substantially reduce the energy impact of providing water to the City.
For a lot more detail, visit: http://tclocal.org/2008/05/water-treatment-water-power.html This particular document was an opinion TCLocal sent to the City last year, but we think the ideas are worth broader consideration. TCLocal is a group of citizens developing strategies for dealing with energy descent in Tompkins County. To that end, we're publishing periodic articles, examining specific topics in the harsh light of higher energy prices. You can find them at: http://www.tclocal.org/ Previous articles have examined growing fruit and managing roads and bridges in Tompkins County after the peak. Upcoming articles will cover urban land use, household preparation, and health. We're working toward publishing around one article per month. The new TCLocal web site is specifically designed to get your feedback on these ideas they are developed. These articles are a starting point for a conversation we hope will include a wide variety of readers coming at these issues from different perspectives. We welcome comments - they work now! - and hope to find more good ideas through public discussion. Thanks, Simon St.Laurent Chair, TCLocal _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
