How serious is this California drought?

[606onit]

 

[superunknown23]

80 percent of California's water is used by farmers and oil industry, yet it's the urban population that gets rationed out

 

[newworldafro]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015...-use-new-tool-in-fight-against-water-wasters/

California Water Authorities To Use New Tool In Fight Against Water Wasters
April 6, 2015 10:24 PM

LONG BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Water authorities are using a new tool in a major effort to crack down on people and businesses wasting water in light of new water restrictions issued by Gov. Jerry Brown to fight the drought.

The Long Beach Water Department says sprinklers at a McDonald’s restaurant on Bellflower Boulevard went on for 45 minutes at a time, twice a night, for an undefined number of nights. Complaints continued to mount as water pooled and wasted. The department, however, could do little about the wasting.

That was before the smart meter.

Since its installation in February, Long Beach Water Department General Manager Kevin Wattier says he saw an immediate spike by tens of thousands of gallons, each time McDonald’s overwatered their property.

“It collects the data every five minutes, then after midnight, the cellphone that’s built in here comes on, makes one call, and calls it in to the database that we and the customer, through a password security system, have online access to their consumption,” Wattier said.

“The accuracy is just incredible, because we get the data the next day.”

Using this data, Wattier knew the precise moment to send his employees to videotape the infractions to use as evidence.

“We are using it specifically for an enforcement tool to go after those customers who we’ve gotten lots of complaints about,” Wattier said.

Wattier says he believes the smart meter will be used in both businesses and homes to track water waste across Southern California.

 

[Deezy314619]

If desalination doesn't occur on a MASSIVE scale very shortly then Cali is done for. The 1st bad part is the water tax. They're telling ppl 2 cut back now but obviously u can still do what y want but pay the fine/fee.

Whoever said they need 2 stop growing foods that don't (natively) grow in Cali has a point. At this point I'm ready 2 shake this damn state.

 

[Vinny Lupton]

"Don't water your lawn, take 45 second showers..this is your fault "

 

[hashmander]

fukk almonds and walnuts. they don't taste all that great anyway. i use to drink almond milk, but i've moved on to cashew now so i won't miss that. they better figure out how to grow that shyt with salt water.

 

[Kooley_High]

Lmao so there blaming the peasants for this
Can't do nothing but sit back and watch now, the stupidity of these officials is just comedic.

 

[Red Shield]

fukk almonds and walnuts. they don't taste all that great anyway. i use to drink almond milk, but i've moved on to cashew now so i won't miss that. they better figure out how to grow that shyt with salt water.

Oh shyt, there is a cashew milk now. Does it taste better than almond milk?


Long term Cali is screwed. I really don't think their going to build any water desalination plants out there. Because it's not like aging infrastructure is being replaced nationwide. The drought will probably get worse, since California historically is usually dry. Wonder if there will be a massive exodus out of the state in a decade.

 

[hashmander]

tastes better to me.

your last sentence is why they have to solve the problem. america can't lose california and other states aren't absorbing 40m people, 1 out of every 8 americans lives in cali. an exodus is not happening.

 

[newworldafro]

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http://investmentwatchblog.com/best-if-used-by-1988-feds-investigate-nestle-over-reports-of-expired-california-water-permit/

Best if used by 1988: Feds investigate Nestle over reports of expired California water permit
Submitted by WorkerAnt#11, on April 13th, 2015

Feds investigating Nestle over reports of long-expired water permit amid California drought

Federal officials say they are investigating reports that food company Nestle has been piping water through a national forest in California and then bottling it for retail purposes using a permit that expired nearly 30 years ago.

The United States Forest Service confirmed on Friday that the federal agency is looking into claims laid forth last month in an investigation published by the Desert Sun newspaper of Palm Springs, California.

According to the paper’s reporting, Nestle’s permit to transport water across San Bernardino National Forest expired in 1988.

“It hasn’t been reviewed since, and the Forest Service hasn’t examined the ecological effects of drawing tens of millions of gallons each year from the springs,” Ian James wrote in the paper last month.

Nevertheless, Nestle Waters North America has continued to tap into local wells in Strawberry Canyon, according to the paper, in order to acquire the main ingredient bottled for the product sold on supermarket shelves as “Arrowhead 100 percent Mountain Spring Water.”

The Desert Sun’s reporting about the potential impropriety led to an outcry that has prompted federal officials to try and get to the bottom as to why the company has continued to operate for 28 years sans permit, and in the midst of a historic state-wide drought.

http://rt.com/usa/249321-nestle-california-forest-water/

Nestle continues to sell bottled water sourced from California despite record drought

California is facing one of its most severe droughts on record, which is hurting farmers and recreation alike. But despite water restrictions, Nestle is bottling spring water from the state and selling it, creating controversy alongside profits.

Nestle owns Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water, which has been bottling water from a spring in Millard Canyon, Calif. for more than a decade. The company’s 383,000-square-foot bottling plant, which also packages purified water under the Nestle Pure Life brand, is located on the Morongo Band of Mission Indians reservation.

In January, Gov. Jerry Brown (D-Calif.) declared a drought state of emergency in preparation for water shortages, especially during the summer months. The drought has entered its third year, and water restrictions have increased throughout the Golden State.

http://rt.com/usa/172764-nestle-california-bottling-plant/

Sour grapes? California’s drought has delivered tastier wine – but it may not last

While California continues to struggle with conserving water during a historically bad drought, winemakers have actually been producing tastier wine. With the drought well into its fourth year, though, the industry may be reaching the end of the vine.

This week, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order requiring cities and towns to dramatically cut down on their water usage. The mandate calls for a 25 percent cut in water use over the next nine months as communities look to survive a drought that’s affected more than 98 percent of the state.

The order didn’t specifically target commercial efforts such as oil exploration, water bottling or agriculture – omissions that have sparked backlash from local activists – but vineyards are nonetheless finding themselves in a difficult situation. Grapes have proven to be extremely resistant to droughts, but water supplies continue to slip.



http://rt.com/usa/246697-california-drought-wine-industry/

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Not sure what his original post was... but theoretically, HAARP or any means of controling the weather would be relevant to a conversation about a drought.
Even if its stupid (and again, I didn't see it so I'm not saying it was stupid... but even so...) why delete it instead of letting people read it and decide for themself?

You deleted his post cause you think its not thought provoking?
Thats it?
Seriously?

Higher learning yall....

 

[Billy Hoyle]

Devastating photos of California show how bad the drought really is

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-california-drought-2015-5?op=1#ixzz3a3CVTxG8

Spoiler

California just entered its fourth year in drought. Experts say it's the worst the state has seen in 1,200 years.

Dwindling reservoirs, shrinking lakes, and dried-up farm fields are everywhere — and the drought shows no sign of stopping.

The state's snowpack, which typically provides about a third of the water for its farms and residents, remains at its lowest level in history.


Reservoir banks that were once underwater at Millerton Lake on the San Joaquin River in Friant, a town just north of Fresno in California's Central Valley.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Reservoir banks that used to be underwater at Millerton Lake on top of the Friant Dam.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A field of dead almond trees in Coalinga in the Central Valley. Almonds use an estimated 10% of the state's water budget.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Boat docks that were once at the edge of the water on Millerton Lake on the San Joaquin River in Friant.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Reservoir banks that used to be underwater at Millerton Lake, on top of the Friant Dam.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A boat paddle at the bottom of the nearly dry Almaden Reservoir near San Jose.

REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
A Lake Tahoe ski resort had far less snow than usual this season, as seen in this photo from March.

Max Whittaker/Getty Images
A canal runs through dwindling farm fields in Los Banos.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A view of Pine Flat Lake from an area that used to be underwater in Fresno County.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A tractor collects golf balls on a parched driving range in Palm Springs. According to new state regulations introduced May 5, communities like Palm Springs — where residents use more than 165 gallons of water per person per day — would have to cut back their usage by 35%.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A section of Lake Oroville was nearly dry in August, when it was at 32% of its total 3,537,577-acre-foot area.

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A skier approaches the edge of the snow at Lake Tahoe in March.

Max Whittaker/Getty Images
This Millerton Lake jetty, located on the San Joaquin River in Friant, used to be in the middle of the water.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-california-drought-2015-5?op=1#ixzz3a3BvGzbd

 

[Truth200]

They should have made massive pipelines to transfer water to all major farm areas in America, if we didn't fukk up in infrastructure development years ago.

Now Americans gonna suffer from food shortages.

We spend the money for that on war.

 

[Jx2]

The fact that you still have people trying to ski here is

 

[hashmander]

that's just ridiculous looking to me.