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re: Why is California drying up?
Posted on 10/15/22 at 8:03 am to Lisanders88
Posted on 10/15/22 at 8:03 am to Lisanders88
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Water in California is shared across three main sectors. Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban, although the percentage of water use by sector varies dramatically across regions and between wet and dry years. Some of the water used by each of these sectors returns to rivers and groundwater basins where it can be used again. Environmental water provides multiple benefits. Environmental water use falls into four categories: water in rivers protected as “wild and scenic” under federal and state laws, water required for maintaining habitat within streams, water that supports wetlands within wildlife preserves, and water needed to maintain water quality for agricultural and urban use. Half of California’s environmental water use occurs in rivers along the state’s north coast.
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Posted on 10/15/22 at 8:08 am to Lisanders88
Same reason ocean front property in Greenland is cheap.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 9:57 am to Lisanders88
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Why is California drying up?
Colorado River is drying up.
But cause for this effect?
California is a desert yet everyone there lives as though it's an oasis. Overuse of water for lawns mainly.
When you live in a desert, you should go Xeriscape.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 10:08 am to Lisanders88
Cue Sam Kinnison.
It's a fricking desert with little natural fresh water. It has vastly exceeded the population it can naturally support.
The greens won't tell you that, though. They will blame global warming for a desert doing desert things.
It's a fricking desert with little natural fresh water. It has vastly exceeded the population it can naturally support.
The greens won't tell you that, though. They will blame global warming for a desert doing desert things.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 10:09 am to Lisanders88
First and foremost, most of California is the desert, especially near the large population centers.
There hasn't been a reservoir built since 1973 or a dam built since 1980.
The population has increased a lot since then.
On top of that, the environmentalists are trying to protect the delta smelt fish which protections cause water shortages for farmers.
There hasn't been a reservoir built since 1973 or a dam built since 1980.
The population has increased a lot since then.
On top of that, the environmentalists are trying to protect the delta smelt fish which protections cause water shortages for farmers.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 10:16 am to Lisanders88
A lot of fresh water that could be used for people and crops are flowing straight into the ocean because diverting that water has been stopped by environmentalists.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 10:54 am to Lisanders88
God's judgment on "dry bones" souls that stay among all the evil that thinks the valley , Hollywood and Big Tech are cool.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 10:57 am to Lisanders88
Couple of studies out there that state much of California is naturally a desert. The last 300 or so years have been unnaturally wet, leading to the agriculture boom.
However, it is reverting back to its natural desert state, maybe the lingering effect of the end of the little Ice Age and the wearing off of several volcanoes that went off in 1600 and 1700s.
Posted on 10/15/22 at 10:57 am to Lisanders88
Why are the pyramids in a desert?
When built, they weren't. shite changes. Constantly.
When built, they weren't. shite changes. Constantly.
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