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 There are articles after articles attempting to explain the California Drought. There are many reasons for the drought and not all of them have to do with rain fall or snow pack. San Diego and eastern Riverside counties rely on the Colorado river for most of there supply. From south of the Bay Area to Orange county a good portion of your water is delivered through the California Water Project. This flows from the Sacramento River Delta. Environmental, legal, reduced snow pack and other reasons have left us with less water to use. The fact of the matter is this, we have to use less water. This is not a temporary situation that a rain storm will fix. It will take billions of dollars to either create desalinization plants and also to build bigger reservoirs. Even with these two items it is said it won’t be enough. So, do your part and conserve water. It is estimated that 70% of water is used to irrigate the landscaping in residential customers. By simply installing proper sprinkler heads and “smart” controllers you can achieve 30% water savings.
CALIFORNIA DROUGHT
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Mountain snowpack in the Great basin and major water supply basins for California. Source: USDA. Click to enlarge.
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Faced with three straight years of drought and an uncertain agricultural water supply, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Friday, announcing that statewide water rationing could be instituted as early as the end of next month. “Despite the recent rain and snow,” the governor’s office warned, “cumulative water deficit is so large that there is only a 15% chance that California will replenish its water supply this year.”
1 comment by David Modeer - May. 12, 2009 12:00 AM
The Colorado River is a critical resource to Arizona and the southwestern United States. How climate change will impact flows in the Colorado has been the object of much study and concern. At Central Arizona Project, we take this topic seriously.
Recently published reports have predicted severe shortages of Colorado River water after 2050, with the capacity to deliver to Arizona, California and Nevada reduced by as much as 60 percent to 90 percent of the time after midcentury.
By BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer | Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:09 PM PDT ∞
Mandatory water conservation has arrived in San Diego County, a long-anticipated response to the region's and the state's continuing water shortage.