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The view from Route 105 bridge at Indian Island golf course as the Peconic River leads into the Bay. (Barbaraellen Koch Photo)

Protecting our surface and ground waters is L.I.s public issue number one. The L.I. Clean Water Partnership has done a great job in increasing public and political awareness. But we must avoid the trap of oversimplifying both the problem and the solutions.

Any campaign has three elements: awareness, education and action. Awareness has been raised. Now the hard work, education, has to begin. Education involves inclusive public discussion, scientific debate and a broad coalition on how best to move forward.

Today, everythings a 10-second sound bite. However, using sound bites to explain proposed solutions can be harmful to long-term success. For example, in County Executive Steve Bellones recent public talks on the water issue, he and others read from the same script weve heard over and over again. We deserve more than that. We need more than that.

We need full information to make informed decisions.

Take Mr Bellones main proposal to solve our water problems: prioritize areas with failing septic systems; identify those near existing sewer systems, and extend the sewers to those properties. Interesting concept until you look a little deeper.

Now, putting priority properties, especially waterfront lots, onto a municipal sewer system will remove nitrogen from septic systems and from leeching into our waters. This is good. But think about this a little more. In L.I.s history, when you extend sewer systems, high-density residential and commercial develop follows. Always has. Always will. So what problems do extended sewer systems and more development add to our current water problems?

Many.

First problem is the sewers themselves. Septic systems work by seeping wastewater back into the ground. As the water moves through the soil, it filters out and reduces the concentration of nitrogen and other elements. In areas of high-density too many homes and people on too little land the ground becomes over-saturated with septic output, thus the filtering of nitrogen and other elements is impaired. Sewers solve that problem, to some degree.

Most of L.I.s municipal sewage treatment plants and the smaller community systems which feed into them, take wastewater from the sewers, treat it and pump the resulting effluent into the Sound, our bays or the ocean. While this prevents nitrogen from entering the ground, it also means all of that sewered water is removed from the recharge cycle. In other words, instead of returning a large portion of the water we use back to the water table and deeper aquifers, its diverted to our surrounding bodies of salt water.

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Guest Spot: Nothing simple about our water crisis

Reviews coming soon, reads the OpenTable page for the Malibu Pier Restaurant and Bar, a brand new restaurant that may be opening on the Malibu Pier as early as this month. The space has been vacant for nearly 3 years.

The new restaurant, which is currently looking to hire sous chefs, according to a Craigslist post, will be operated by The Lark Creek Restaurant Group, a company based in San Francisco that owns restaurants all around California. The Malibu Pier Restaurant and Bar would be the 13th eatery owned by the group.

The space, once home to Alices Restaurant, is located at the base of the pier, curbside to Pacific Coast Highway. The area has been filled with the buzzing of construction crews for several months. Last year, pier concessionaire Alexander Leff vowed he would have two new restaurants open before the end of last summer.

The Malibu Pier Restaurant and Bar is set to offer seasonal farm-fresh cuisine with a contemporary seafood focused menu, according to its Craigslist ad, in a restaurant with large patios, private dining areas and a craft bar program.

There is no word on exactly when the new restaurant will be opening.

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Construction will begin this week on a Burger Fusion Co. restaurant thats expected to open May 1 in the Valley View Mall food court area.

It will be a new-concept fast casual restaurant that specializes in gourmet burgers with exotic toppings, fusing different types of meats together as well, said Matt Boshcka, one of the eaterys owners. Some of the meats include ground Angus, pork, duck, chicken, turkey and ground bratwurst.

The menu also will include veggie burgers, signature macaroni and cheese dishes, a variety of build-your-own shakes and beer, Boshcka said Monday.

The restaurant will have its own seating area with booths and tables. Customers will be able to enter from the parking lot or from the food court, Boshcka said.

The restaurant will have about 2,337 square feet of space, said Tony Szak of TCI Architects, Engineers, Contractor Inc., the projects general contractor.

Burger Fusion Co. is owned by the same three people Boshcka, Tim Larsen and Matt Birnbaum who own the Dublin Square Irish Pub & Eatery that opened in 2011 in downtown La Crosse. But they are two separate businesses, Boshcka said.

We have aspirations to open more (Burger Fusion restaurants), Boshcka said. But it all depends on how this one goes.

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A 37-year-old pacu fish and icon to tiki fanshas found a home after nearly a year of living in a closed Rosemead restaurant.

The property's current owners decided Monday they would keep Rufus and build him a new aquarium in the Chinese restaurant they plan to open.

Charles Ye, a spokesman for the owners, said they decided to keep Rufus to help decorate the restaurant. They also feared moving him would be harmful to his health.

"He's 37 years old already," Ye said. "We want to take care of him."

Bahooka, a lavishly decorated tiki restaurant known for an enormous fish collection, closed last March after nearly 50 years of operation. The fish have been living in the abandoned restaurant for the last year as the current owners decided what to do with them.

When renovations of the shuttered restaurant began about two weeks ago, the owners sought to remove the fish. At the time, fans feared Rufus and Bahooka's other fish would become homeless.

Tiki enthusiasts and members of the group Hidden LA plunged into action. To date, they've raised more than $2,700, found experts to donate services and identified another tiki restaurant, Damon's Steakhouse in Glendale, that agreed to house Rufus.

Lynn Garrett, founder of Hidden LA, said she was disappointed Rufus would not be moving to Damon's. She has not decided what she will do with the money raised on Rufus' behalf and plans to ask the contributors what they want to do with it.

"We are still willing to take the fish on and we really do care about him," Garrett said.

In an update posted on the Hidden LA Facebook page, Garrett wrote that the new owners are keeping Rufus "because due to the press attention they saw he has value."

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Never mind the whisk, heres Robert Irvine.

Buff British reality show chef Robert Irvine is bringing Restaurant: Impossible to sleepy Orange City this week, hoping to flip Bumbinos Italian on Enterprise Road into something that wont make him gnash his teeth and exclaim, Cor, blimey! Bollocks!

Irvine is looking for local volunteers to help with painting, crafting, construction, remodeling, cleaning [and] decorating as well as electricians and plumbers who might be up to the task of re-purposing Bumbinos into a lasagna-lovers delight. Today is the deadline to apply, so hurry up and e-mailtwentz@shootersinc.com to let them know youre comfortable being on camera and that you can fold some napkins, or whatever you do like nobodys business (also include your full name, phone number, e-mail address, and preferred shift from the dates below). Those wishing to make reservations for Bumbinos grand re-opening on Wednesday may call 386-774-2300.

Orange City residents are of course encouraged to drive by Bumbinos at a slow crawl so their vehicles may be caught on camera in the background of one of Roberts inevitable grime-related rants. Your 87 Oldsmobile with the mismatched hubcaps and the Bush/Quayle bumper sticker could be immortalized on basic cable! Them right there is bragging rights for life.

The Bumbinos Restaurant Impossible Volunteer Schedule:

Tuesday Feb. 18: 1-8 p.m Tuesday Feb. 18: 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 19: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Tags: Bumbino's, immortalized on basic cable, Orange City, Restaurant Impossible, Robert Irvine, volunteer work

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