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On Oct 7, 11:46 am, klaus wrote:
Richard Henry wrote: Water from the Colorado River that ends up as tap water in Southern California is pumped out down below all the big power dams. And there is plenty of other water available to Southern California. Well, then Southern California should use that "other" water because right now, they are stealing a large portion of the water they are using from the Colorado.. http://192.234.213.2/1997/101697_col...colorado_river... When the upriver states start using their share, CA is gonna have to get over their reluctance to build a pipeline from the north to the south. Or go dry. *If* the NoCalians let them. -klaus Desalinization plants must be EXTREMELY expensive, because It seems impractical to feed CA's water needs by piping water from so far away. I suppose it shows what little I know in this area, but why on earth would you not want to just pull salts out of ocean water ? |
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klaus wrote:
CA is gonna have to get over their reluctance to build a pipeline from the north to the south. Ah, CA already has a "pipeline" from the north to the south AKA the California Aqueduct. It's about 150ft wide, 30 ft deep; pumped uphill a few times before it reaches the Los Angeles desert where it's squandered watering lawns while attempting to duplicate an English countryside environment. We native NorteCalifornios fought the good fight to protect the leetle feesh and keep the inland delta from going brackish, but we lost although the politicos claim it was a compromise that protected the fish and delta. BS. |
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:45:40 -0700, comadrejo
wrote: In article , klaus wrote: Or go dry. *If* the NoCalians let them. Most NoCalians are pretty much in the same situation as SoCalians, in terms of getting most of their water via aqueducts. (85% or around those figures of the water to the Bay Area comes from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir) Counties like Marin and Santa Barbara are highly vulnerable, because they rely or relied soley on their reservoirs and are not connected to the California Aqueduct, which can be tricky during drought years. By far the biggest user of the Aqueducts are the farmers in the San Joaquin and some in Sacramento Valley, they used up to 80-85 percent of water in the California Aqueducts. In return they produce up to 45 percent of the US's produce. If Western Mountains States don't want to give water to California, then they shouldn't get any fruit, vegetables and wine that irrigations delivers. Just mooseburgers and beer for nine months a year, and moose droppings to fertilize the garden the other three months when they can grow a garden. I assume that doesn't include WA. We are growing some fine wines in the Walla Walla Valley. We have plenty of moose but better food also. Elk steaks, for instance. I really don't need avacados in February.And, I am not sure that appreciate sending our power generation south to get them. Thanks tho. On the plus side, we have been seeing some snowishness at the higher elevations, even down to 5500' or so. Hmmmmmmm..... Dave M. |
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comadrejo wrote:
If Western Mountains States don't want to give water to California, then they shouldn't get any fruit, vegetables and wine that irrigations delivers. Just mooseburgers and beer for nine months a year, and moose droppings to fertilize the garden the other three months when they can grow a garden. It's not like you "give" us fruit. Why should we give you water? We'll do it fair and square. Wanna buy a few thousand acre feet of water? Your nine month growing season ain't **** without our water. ObSkiing: But only after we're done skiing in it. -klaus |
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