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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California’s water budget is skewed heavily toward agriculture. 80 percent of the water used in California is by the state’s multi-billion-dollar agricultural sector.
The 20 percent left for urban use is split between homes, businesses, and government.
About 6 percent of the state’s water is consumed by industries, commercial operations, and governments. About 14 percent is poured into bathtubs, toilets, and washing machines or sprayed over residential lawns. So making only resident conserve will only tackle less than 14% of the problem.
This world is screwed up and people don’t care California is $#%&!@*ed because of the $#%&!@*s no water you satan worshipping $#%&!@*s
Big deal….how is the environmental activist working for you now……lol….
Desalination plants up and down the coast. That’s how the middle east been doing it for years . Plus it will create jobs. Forget the train.
Big $#%&!@*in deal… $#%&!@* hole state anyway…
They live next to the largest ocean in the world, maybe in the universe. Nope, I just don’t see how they can fix this?
Try building more dams
Ok, let’s just cut to the case, just tell us how it’s not their fault, how it is our fault, and how much it’s going to cost us. Once again ECO $#%&!@* 0, public $$$
Easy answer… just raise more taxes.
Ship the illegals that have invaded for years back, there will be more water for true citizens…