Jay Familglietti, NASA’s top water scientist, recently warned that California has only a year’s supply of water left in storage facilities and the backup groundwater is rapidly depleting. Despite this harrowing fact, California has no backup plan to address this crisis.
“California has no contingency plan for a persistent drought like this one (let alone a 20-plus-year mega-drought), except, apparently, staying in emergency mode and praying for rain,” stated Familglietti. “In short, we have no paddle to navigate this crisis.”
UPDATE: California Gov. Jerry Brown issues ineffectual, mandatory water restriction as one-third of our nation’s crops are threatened. See Page 3 for updates.
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Have they ever heard of reverse osmosis? Removes salt from the sea water and makes it potable!
He has too many golf courses taking the water!!!
Aquifers are way better then man made lakes.
The problem with California is our farming feeds the world. It is not a sustainable model.
No backup plan. Hummmm. That almost sounds normal these days.
Isnt there an ocean to the left?
This is what happens when you let the Government try to manage something kick the Feds out !
Nicely contaminated ocean
Or their history teachers might have mentioned “Dust Bowl in Oklahoma,” then rushed to The New Deal.
Quit filling all those swimming pools up.