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 need to start learning how to suck the salt out of sea water. They have plenty of water in the ocean.
If you desalinize ocean water, you can drink it.
According to the usgs california has suffered droughts as long as 240 years more than a thousand years ago. Global warming from man?
Desalination is the answer.
Thanks epa
$#%&!@* California
To many damn people
2011 taken in summer when water levels are uncapped, 2014 taken in fall, when water levels are intentionally recessed.. Can be readilly identified by even a novice due to tree coloration
SAVE THE SMELT!!! IF YOU DENY MILLIONS OF HUMANS TO SAVE A SINGLE FISH , THEN MAYBE STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!!!!
Looks like people will migrate like all civilization has done for ever