Jean Melious

Commenter Role • Member since Jul 29, 2011

Recent comments

"David, you have a well and a water right, and the Hirst case is only prospective.  Thinking about future water users, I was pondering whether the best way to [...]

Mar 30, 2017 on
The Human Right to Water

"Hi Elisabeth, Water shortage, and its relationship to disadvantaged communities, is an interesting issue.  I don’t know if there’s much research on the issue.  Are all [...]

Mar 29, 2017 on
The Human Right to Water

"In Washington, the state owns the water.  Like other western states, Washington has established a system of prior appropriation, or “first in time, first in right,” that the [...]

Mar 29, 2017 on
The Human Right to Water

"Hi Abe, I wasn’t responding to your question about water storage, but rather commenting on what seemed to be one of the major takeaways from the forum. Unfortunately.  [...]

Apr 21, 2014 on
Water, Water Everywhere, but ...

"Ah ha!  Someone who is a better Googler than I found this:  http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Deep-canyon-feeds-Puget-Sound-255256021.html  It describes an enormous underwater canyon—that [...]

Apr 21, 2014 on
Water, Water Everywhere, but ...