California Drought

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Re: California Drought

Postby drdesert » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:26 am

Caltrans to cut water use by 50 percent
Lots of ways to cut water use and with all the highways and freeways in California this one probably will be more than just a drop in the bucket!
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Re: California Drought

Postby mrfish » Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:46 am

This seed is helping to drain California's water supply :upset:
According to this report, it takes one gallon of water to produce a single almond. That may be so, but it's worth it. Many of these drought-related news reports seem to be pointing the finger at agriculture for using too much water and they suggest that the agricultural industry will have to be cut back in California. That's not a good idea since without agriculture we have no food. It's not a good idea to reduce the food production capacity of the state. It would be better to consider desalination projects and raising water rates in cities before eliminating any agricultural production.
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Re: California Drought

Postby tronagirl » Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:36 am

mrfish wrote:This seed is helping to drain California's water supply :upset:
According to this report, it takes one gallon of water to produce a single almond. That may be so, but it's worth it. Many of these drought-related news reports seem to be pointing the finger at agriculture for using too much water and they suggest that the agricultural industry will have to be cut back in California. That's not a good idea since without agriculture we have no food. It's not a good idea to reduce the food production capacity of the state. It would be better to consider desalination projects and raising water rates in cities before eliminating any agricultural production.

Although it would be possible to import a greater proportion of our food, I think it is best to be as self-sufficient as possible and that means not reducing land used for agricultural purposes. The best solution to the water shortage problem is to raise rates for people who live in cities and also use a graduated fee system like we have here in Trona. Use the increased income to fund desalination or recycling projects. Rather than impose restrictions, just increase cost and use the proceeds to improve the system.
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Re: California Drought

Postby twister » Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:47 am

Cal Fire: Ponds, lakes used for water drops are disappearing
Not only might there be restrictions on water use, but it could be a bad fire year too. This report pertains to the San Diego area, but it's the same basically throughout the state from everything I've heard. Could be a tough summer!
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Re: California Drought

Postby surfsteve » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:04 am

California drought: 'May have to migrate people'
Lynn Wilson, academic chair at Kaplan University and who serves on the climate change delegation in the United Nations.

"Civilizations in the past have had to migrate out of areas of drought," Wilson said. "We may have to migrate people out of California."

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Re: California Drought

Postby mrfish » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:41 am

surfsteve: Yesterday someone posted the forced relocation due to drought conspiracy idea to the Conspiracy Theory Nutjobs thread. Forced relocation will never happen. People may not be able to afford to stay, but they will leave on their own. No need to apply force. If things get bad enough, desalination is an option. Sure, it's expensive, but that just means that water prices are adjusted upwards a bit. I'm sure that people in Los Angeles pay less than half of what people in Trona pay for water. Raise the cost of water in Los Angeles to double what we pay in Trona and I'm sure the costs of desalination are more than covered. Not likely that the Pacific Ocean is going to run out of water anytime soon!
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Re: California Drought

Postby panamint_patty » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:45 am

Drought Tolerant Garden Introduced At Descanso Farms :roll2:
It's probably the case that most of the plants shown in this video do well along the coast, but I doubt they'd survive in the desert. It takes an especially tough plant to survive the extremes of the desert!
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Re: California Drought

Postby surfsteve » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:07 pm

Proper watering, fertilizing and mowing techniques can reduce watering requirements of ordinary turf grass by up to 50%. Strains such as Pennington claim they can lower water requirements up to an additional 30%.
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Re: California Drought

Postby wildrose » Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:37 am

California Drought: Database shows big difference between water guzzlers and sippers :sun:
Here are some interesting stats for you. Some of this is unexpected. People in Los Angeles use about half the water that people in Palm Springs use.
Places with hot weather tend to use the most water. Coastal cities, which enjoy cooler summers and lots of fog, consume relatively little. Santa Cruz residents use only 113 gallons per capita per day. Crescent City, a fishing town near the Oregon border, averages only 97 gallons a day. But in the Central Valley, Inland Empire and Southern California desert areas, where the blazing summer sun requires more water use on landscaping, residents use three or four times that much. In Riverside County, customers of the Coachella Valley Water District use 591 gallons per capita per day.

LINK: http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25090363/california-drought-water-use-varies-widely-around-state
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Re: California Drought

Postby tronagirl » Sat Apr 18, 2015 2:37 pm

http://www.mercurynews.com/data/ci_25059942/water-usage
This one lists all the water suppliers in California and provides average water use per day per person. For the Indian Wells Valley Water District the number is 264 GPCD
LINK: http://www.mercurynews.com/data/ci_25059942/water-usage
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