SMALL TOWN, PERFECT STORM

“Small Town, Perfect Storm: The Story of the Los Osos Sewer Saga,” by Barbara Wolcott is a book about a California town that resisted the state’s requirements to build a wastewater facility. That resistance ended up more than doubling the cost of the town’s sewer project. Los Osos and its wastewater treatment facility are similar in many ways to Yucca Valley and its efforts to develop a sewage treatment plant. The Hi-Desert Water District has copies of the book it will loan to residents who are interested in a case history of a small town that faced similar circumstances. To borrow a copy of the book, stop by Hi-Desert Water District, 55439 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley.