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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Heck with those people, we need the water for fracking!
maybe they should quit trowing fresh water into the Ocean
I’m no expert in this area, but I think most folks on the thread have it spot on…if you want to divert a third of your water to the delta smelt, well, you made your choice.
too many people
that’s 97% of our food supply
Democratic leadership…….
California is a desert and always has been palm trees were imported
RAIN is not coming. The end. With our population increase and decrease in precipitation, we do have a real concern on our hands. I read an article last week that stated Gov. Brown and Nevada’s governor collaborated to release ten times the amount of water from Lake Tahoe over the next four to twelve years to help refill our reservoirs. 75% was to be allocated to the Central Valley farmers with the other 25% to Socal. Lake Tahoe is fed by over 60 streams ands rivers so the lakes intake is renewable annually.
America’s water for Americans. DEPORT all foreigners!
They’d rather build high speed rail… So they get what they deserve by way of the idiots they elected. Desalination duh