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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They’ll try and steal is from Utah, AZ or Nevada.
We build thousand mile long oil pipelines and we can’t build water pipelines? Also hearing rumors about how the state is trying to forcibly acquire water rights from farmers… there has to be more to the story. Politics…
The EPA is making sure these farmers can’t farm anymore because of a tiny fish or frog or some excuse.
Dan Bonham
California is a desert…… has nothing to do with climate change….
California was literally built…..in a desert……
Again, this time slowly.
Iiiinnnnnn aaaaaaaaa dddddeeeesssseeerrrrtttttt.
Two words for the State Of California: Desalination Plants! Get a clue and truly go Green. Go Big or go broke.
Ga was like that for 10 years
The California open border policy has resulted in accelerated water usage and continues, people wake up our infrastsructure, roads, hospitals, police, fire, water sewer etc cannot stand the rapid influx of population,
agree that there is over regulation in many facets of business but your point has nothing to do with how much water CA uses in agriculture
That’s what happens when millions of people try living in a desert…
Where would the water for a pipeline come from?