Construction at Scripps?

[jason142]

that 14 percent of tax money should pay for the friggen spigot . they owe it to us dang it and i think they should plumb a line from the pier to my house! and im angry and i cant seem to stop crying

What about the cost of maintaining that facility, sure that cost a hell of alot more than the 14% in state tax that they receive. They could just chain it off and keep it to themselves being that they make, oh, i don't know, 0% off of it.

[MustangBill]

Another good point

[Techknowledgy]

Hehe, I just moved to SD from Indiana. When I decided to set my tank back up and get back into the hobby I kept hearing people talk about Scripps Water and if they used it or not. I had no clue what it was (still don't know where it is, I've only been here for a month or 2). After learning a little what it is, people need to learn how amazing this service they provide is, and just be grateful it'll be back whenever it's back. Having access to natural water and everything that comes with it is great, and to have this offered to us for free is awesome. Let the construction and maintenance people do their jobs and they will get done that much sooner and hopefully have the spigot back up and running for when you want it, just think, I used to have to take my buckets to get just RO water and then mix my own water.

Welcome Wheeldog. I love your post. Gratitude is where it is at. I have 50 gallons of Scripps left, and I am rationing it by doing less frequent water changes. Check the Scripps sticky for directions. Free is good.

[Techknowledgy]

I buy water from time to time at the water store when I need a lot of RO in a hurry. It is 30 cents a gallon. I would not care if Scripps put a "meter" on the hose with a place to put your dollars. Revenue for them. Free is good, but I prefer to pay my own way. It would sure stop the massive trucks that take a bozillion gallons and then sell it.

[MustangBill]

Ain't that the truth,
Wheeldog welcome to the site, should have said that earlier but I got caught up in debate

[SHROOM]

I buy water from time to time at the water store when I need a lot of RO in a hurry. It is 30 cents a gallon. I would not care if Scripps put a "meter" on the hose with a place to put your dollars. Revenue for them. Free is good, but I prefer to pay my own way. It would sure stop the massive trucks that take a bozillion gallons and then sell it.

Just want to comment on buying RO from the Gacier vending machines.

I buy the RO from those Glacier machine too (though I have a 100g/day RO/DI and it take like 1/2 hour to make 5g). The thing about those machines outside the super market is that they're not always clean. Some can be very dirty due to the fact that people are not doing maintenance like they're supposed to. I fought red slime for 2 months before I found out 2 of the 3 water vending machines had TDS measured about 35ppm. Now I always measure the water with a TDS meter, mark the good ones and only buy water from those machines.

[Techknowledgy]

Just want to comment on buying RO from the Gacier vending machines.

I buy the RO from those Glacier machine too (though I have a 100g/day RO/DI and it take like 1/2 hour to make 5g). The thing about those machines outside the super market is that they're not always clean. Some can be very dirty due to the fact that people are not doing maintenance like they're supposed to. I fought red slime for 2 months before I found out 2 of the 3 water vending machines had TDS measured about 35ppm. Now I always measure the water with a TDS meter, mark the good ones and only buy water from those machines.

Good call. I do not buy it from a vending machine at a store. It is a Pure Water store on Campo that will gladly show you the weekly results they have for their testing. They have massive filtration units in the store that you can see. When it is closed, you can still buy water from them in the vending machine out front. The machines out in front of Von's and Albertson's I would never use.

[malakaikingston]

So anyone in the know aware of when the construction will be finished?

[MustangBill]

Suppose to be sometime this month from what I gather, probably the end of the month

[malakaikingston]

Suppose to be sometime this month from what I gather, probably the end of the month

Awesome, thanks.

[jcal]

To help clear things up, this was from a past email I received from Scripps communication office.

Caitlin Denham
Scripps Communications Office
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Phone: (858) 534-3624
Email: cdenham@ucsd.edu


"The salt water supply system is supported by the University of California, San Diego, and is part of their larger water filtration system. There is no specific money set aside (i.e. Taxes, private donations, etc.) for its operation and maintenance."

[Techknowledgy]

Sounds like a good cause for donations. If each person here who uses it donates $10.00 what a great gesture of good will that would be. (*No, I do not want to organize this.)

[MustangBill]

Are you sure? I think you would make a great donation organizer!!

[MustangBill]

To help clear things up, this was from a past email I received from Scripps communication office.

Caitlin Denham
Scripps Communications Office
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Phone: (858) 534-3624
Email: cdenham@ucsd.edu


"The salt water supply system is supported by the University of California, San Diego, and is part of their larger water filtration system. There is no specific money set aside (i.e. Taxes, private donations, etc.) for its operation and maintenance."

Thanks jcal, so in reality they receive NO money what so ever in order to provide salt water, now we really can't complain

[Techknowledgy]

Getting "donations" out of this group might be akin to dental surgery. I could be wrong.... but who knows?