Water shortage ominous (Rationing may surface in Southland next year)

Daily News ^ | 9/6/07 | BY ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Well I was just speculating but I bet it’s not far from the truth. Seems like the Owens Valley could be like the Central Valley if they’d left the water where it belonged.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The immediate trigger for concern arose from U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger's ruling last week that to protect the delta smelt, a small fish threatened with extinction, water imports from Northern California must be cut by up to 30 percent.

Sheer nitwittery. Just wait 'til these eco-nuts and their friendly "judges" get an entire city reservoir put off-limits due to some "endangered" species living there.

[BurbankKarl]

It is beginning to look that way again...there was a video of the river this year....looks good.

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-owens8jul08,0,3409046.story?coll=la-home-center

watch that video for the Owens River

[moondoggie]

I'm from Colorado, too.

We lived with 30 gallons of water a day during the drought of the 90's before our well went dry.

I wonder if anybody in CA could do that? LOL

[B4Ranch]

That is substantial water usage, IMO.

[BurbankKarl]

heck ya it is!

[bannie]

...and the people who live in the Owens Valley could have LAWNS...and FLOWERS...and POOLS.

Sorta’ like they have in LA since they stole it from them.

[ken21]

have you ever you ever been to denver

and watched the water cops issue tickets?

p.s.

if this is “a topic that doesn’t interest me much” why post scads of do do behind people’s backs?

[Inyo-Mono]

The Owens Valley water is theirs fair and square since they stole it before they had to report it as being “imported”.

That statement is entirely correct.

[ken21]

Southern California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal or the South Land, .... From high school sports to professional, SoCal numbers many successful sports ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California - 143k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=socal&btnG=Google+Search

where have you been?

[ken21]

sorry, i did not see your post earlier.

yes, there is a “colorado river water compact” of 1922. the u.s. federal government moderates the fights between the cities and states over the water.

see:
http://cobweb.scarymonsters.net/~corleyj/azca/compact.html

i only know what i read occasionally about it in the los angeles times.

[lndrvr1972]

I am sure that they will blame all of this to global warming. But many should blame this on Mr. Mulholland who stole water rights from farmers in order to pipe in water.

[ansel12]

“””i’ve lived in socal for over 20 years.

i’ve never seen any water conservation. people waste water here.”””

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Simply isn’t true, see post 38. As a plumbing contractor and resident, the dramatic swing to water conservation has been very good for my business, and challenging for me as a resident.

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No one is posting scads of posts behind your back.

[pierstroll]

I think you’re right. They should all move out of the desert and move in next to you.

[oldvike]

They oughta just build a combination nuclear power/desalination plant. There! All problems solved!

[timer]

And there is the Pacific Ocean right off the CA coast. If those geniuses can’t put 2 + 2 = 4 together.....

[Myrddin]

Trying to conserve your way out of trouble is a losing battle. You may recall the exorbitant electricity prices and calls for conservation. People spent money on converting to compact fluorescent bulbs. Fine. It saves a little bit, but the sum total of savings over multiple households is overshadowed by the addition of just one more new household. Conservation may help a given household save some money, but does little to solve the impacts on the overall civilization.

Insufficient water resources should cause a halt in new building, but the dumb asses in the construction industry won't hear of it. Neither will the politicians who want the property tax revenue. Water rights in Idaho put an effective limit on development. If you don't have sufficient water rights to cover the number of proposed new housing units, you can't get a permit to build. That's a key reason why Idaho is so sparsely populated. We have been in an extended period of drought that has put the water rights of "senior" holders ahead of "junior" holders. Parts of the "Magic Valley" area were threatened with water cutoffs earlier this year. There is constant bickering over use of surface water and subsurface water.