Submitted by BlankVerse t3_103qxr1 in space
NOW if they would just do something to save and conserve that water, maybe growing things would help the planet Naturally instead of building energy consuming machines that supposedly clean the air and cool it down.
Ever get the idea that maybe it is about MONEY and NOT science being applied properly?
N. Shadows
You do know California has dams and reservoirs?
Where are the dams and reservoirs along the coast, where most of the rain is falling? What new reservoirs and dams has California built in the last 20 years in response to their population explosion?
California hasn't built any serious new water storage capacity in FOURTY YEARS despite the fact that the state population has grown by more than 15 MILLION during that time.
California has dammed nearly every safe place to put dams.
Not true at all and not a limiting factor on water storage. There's a huge dam in the pipeline that they've been trying to get going for more than half a century at this point.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/a-new-mega-reservoir-in-final-planning-for-california
Beyond that, putting a dam in front of a valley isn't the only form of water reservoir. Sure, we don't have a lot of opportunities for mega-reservoirs left but that doesn't prevent us from building cisterns and other water storage and reclamation infrastructure across the state.
Sites isn't even on a river, so it'll require transport to and from the Site.
And your point is...?
Why are you trying to cover for the shockingly inept California government? There's literally no excuse for allowing the population to increase by MORE THAN THE TOTAL POPULATION OF PENNSYLVANIA and not adding any significant reservoir capacity.
YES BUT they never bothered to replace and reuse those places they drained off all the water from over the last 150 years, the Owens Valley comes to mind and their solution's seem to be to drain other states of their resources and thus the march towards more deserts is on.
and they call being the dumping grounds of others "Population Control" and all populations whether animal, vegetable or human require the same resources to exist and survive.
N. Shadows
Agreed. California has ignored their infrastructure for half a century now while population has exploded. It's no wonder our reservoirs all get almost totally drained every year when we haven't bothered to build new storage capacity to match population growth.
The issue has been ongoing since the 50's and 60's, but the long history of water rights state responsibilities and ownership by private companies go back to the founding.
Companies were never intended to be allowed to pollute the water systems as they did, and Farmers know better when they do have the support needed to do things properly.
BOTH are base needs of a society PERIOD, and that sis why the term "Nature and Natures God" was used.
N. Shadows
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