High N Dry in California
Godfather.
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water companys sell water to each other draining thier resevors and then ask for a rate increase (I learned this from a man that worked for Padre Dam in Lakedide Ca.) and this ass hat Jerry Brown can kiss my ass , all this will end up costing the consumers more money in the end...charging us for water they say we don't have..what bunch of fuckin punks.
Godfdather.
ECHO LAKE, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown aka.asshat ordered state officials Wednesday to impose mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as the state grapples with a serious drought.
Standing in dry, brown grass at a site that he said normally would be snow-covered this time of year, Brown announced he had signed an executive order requiring the State Water Resources Control Board to implement measures in cities and towns to cut water usage by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels.
The move will affect residents, businesses, farmers and other users.
"We're in a historic drought and that demands unprecedented action," Brown said at the news conference at Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada, where state water officials found no snow on the ground for their manual survey of the snowpack. "We have to pull together and save water in every way we can."
Brown's order also will require campuses, golf courses, cemeteries and other large landscapes to significantly cut water use; direct local governments to replace 50 million square feet of lawns throughout the state with drought-tolerant landscaping; and create a temporary rebate program for consumers who replace old water-sucking appliances with more efficient ones.
"We're in a new era; the idea of your nice little green grass getting water every day, that's going to be a thing of the past," Brown said.
The order calls on local water agencies to implement tiered water pricing that charges higher rates as more water is used and requires agricultural users to report more water use information to state regulators.
Brown's office said that would boost the state's ability to enforce laws against illegal water diversions and water waste.
The order also prohibits new homes and developments from using drinkable water for irrigation if the structures lack water-efficient drip systems. In addition, the watering of decorative grasses on public street medians is banned.
The snowpack has been in decline all year, with electronic measurements in March showing the statewide snow water equivalent at 19 percent of the historical average for that date.
Snow supplies about a third of the state's water, and a higher snowpack translates to more water in California reservoirs to meet demand in summer and fall.
There was no snow at the site of Wednesday's survey near Echo Summit, about 90 miles east of Sacramento.
"It is such an unprecedented lack of snow, it is way, way below records," said Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources.
Officials say the snowpack is far below the historic lows of 1977 and 2014, when it was 25 percent of normal on April 1 — the time when the snowpack is generally at its peak.
Brown previously declared a drought emergency and stressed the need for sustained water conservation. But he has come under increasing pressure to be more aggressive as the state enters its fourth year of drought.
Godfdather.
ECHO LAKE, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown aka.asshat ordered state officials Wednesday to impose mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as the state grapples with a serious drought.
Standing in dry, brown grass at a site that he said normally would be snow-covered this time of year, Brown announced he had signed an executive order requiring the State Water Resources Control Board to implement measures in cities and towns to cut water usage by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels.
The move will affect residents, businesses, farmers and other users.
"We're in a historic drought and that demands unprecedented action," Brown said at the news conference at Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada, where state water officials found no snow on the ground for their manual survey of the snowpack. "We have to pull together and save water in every way we can."
Brown's order also will require campuses, golf courses, cemeteries and other large landscapes to significantly cut water use; direct local governments to replace 50 million square feet of lawns throughout the state with drought-tolerant landscaping; and create a temporary rebate program for consumers who replace old water-sucking appliances with more efficient ones.
"We're in a new era; the idea of your nice little green grass getting water every day, that's going to be a thing of the past," Brown said.
The order calls on local water agencies to implement tiered water pricing that charges higher rates as more water is used and requires agricultural users to report more water use information to state regulators.
Brown's office said that would boost the state's ability to enforce laws against illegal water diversions and water waste.
The order also prohibits new homes and developments from using drinkable water for irrigation if the structures lack water-efficient drip systems. In addition, the watering of decorative grasses on public street medians is banned.
The snowpack has been in decline all year, with electronic measurements in March showing the statewide snow water equivalent at 19 percent of the historical average for that date.
Snow supplies about a third of the state's water, and a higher snowpack translates to more water in California reservoirs to meet demand in summer and fall.
There was no snow at the site of Wednesday's survey near Echo Summit, about 90 miles east of Sacramento.
"It is such an unprecedented lack of snow, it is way, way below records," said Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources.
Officials say the snowpack is far below the historic lows of 1977 and 2014, when it was 25 percent of normal on April 1 — the time when the snowpack is generally at its peak.
Brown previously declared a drought emergency and stressed the need for sustained water conservation. But he has come under increasing pressure to be more aggressive as the state enters its fourth year of drought.
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Golf courses in southern California need to be SHUT DOWN...sorry charlies, bad investment.
Yeah, we're nearing the soon-going-to-be-fucked stage out here - and don't get me started on the DWP and its ineptitude.
AND the jackasses who seemingly every day manage to shear off a fire hydrant.
Maybe a silly question, but these local ski areas such as Big Bear, Mammoth, etc...many manufacture snow. Are they going to be part of the cutbacks as well?
You think?
GF, you said, "charging us for water they say we don't have". D you really not believe we have a water shortage problem or am I not reading that correctly?
Also, to write Brown off as an "asshat" does little to acknowledge the reality of some of the obvious things he is proposing:
"Brown's order also will require campuses, golf courses, cemeteries and other large landscapes to significantly cut water use; direct local governments to replace 50 million square feet of lawns throughout the state with drought-tolerant landscaping; and create a temporary rebate program for consumers who replace old water-sucking appliances with more efficient ones."
That's just common sense stuff and I'm glad Brown had the sense to say it.
I'm telling you folks, I don't like to sound alarmist but I've lived in this state most of my almost 64 years and I've never seen anything like this. I can see the large crystal range of the Sierras when I go to work and they look like July or August right now. There just isn't musch snow left up there- just a few patches. The dust around our place is as bad as it usually is late summer. Allergies are at an all time high this year because we had no freeze and nothing went dormant over winter and everything is blooming two months ahead of time. The air makes the sunset each evening look orange.
This will get interesting.
Godfather.
And GF, this may be more than just that "it stops raining for a few years"- climate scientists strongly suspect that we are entering an extended period of drought that could last several decades. In fact, the 20th century was an unusually wet period of time in California:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2008/02/drying-west/kunzig-text
We need to face reality and both adjust our water usage (bye bye car washes, lawns, swimming pools, almond orchards, etc., etc.) and greatly reduce the population of this state. If we don't do those things soon, we will be the asshats (what ever the hell those are, haha!)
Godfather.
We on the other hand.
Worst drought in a millennium because of dry conditions coupled with extreme heat. Fucked, indeed. And it won't just be Californians. The rest of the country can kiss their food goodbye.
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
Make energy-efficient appliances built to last so that the investment isn't lost as soon as they need to be replaced (seems sooner and sooner). Maybe extend the rebate period. We received no incentive to replace our toilets, shower heads - financially, anyway. It was the right thing to do, but would've been nice.
Put huge-ticket items such as the rail line on hold and divert state funds toward fixing the old-ass pipes running under our cities. Shitload of water main breaks lately.
More education for people who just don't get it (yet - I hope).
Add to that ceasing operations at the Nestle bottling plant where they bottle tens of millions of gallons of scarce Cali water to sell to folks in the Land Of Ten Thousand lakes and elsewhere. I know of people who have clean "free" well water who still buy bottled water that very well may come from a drought stricken region. Slap My Mother Fucking Head!
Peace
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There is another about the Colorado River supplying the entire southwest that I'd like to see as well.
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
Shit, we got more Aqua then we know what to do with.Lets build a pipeline.Take all you want.