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State Will No Longer Send Water Down From Northern Calif.
CBSLA.com) ^ | February 1, 2014 7:14 AM

Posted on 02/01/2014 12:58:53 PM PST by BenLurkin

Drought conditions are getting worse by the day in California and experts say the average resident is going to see the changes.

In the latest move by officials, the State Water Project announced Friday that it won’t send any more water down from Northern California, something that hasn’t been done in more than five decades.

The news comes in the middle of one of California’s driest winters on record and after two dry years that have depleted reservoirs.

Officials say the Water Project’s decision to hold back supply is necessary to save water in the state.

Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency Jan. 17 and directed state officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for the drought conditions.

“We can’t make it rain, but we can be much better prepared for the terrible consequences that California’s drought now threatens, including dramatically less water for our farms and communities and increased fires in both urban and rural areas,” Brown said. “I’ve declared this emergency, and I’m calling all Californians to conserve water in every way possible.”

Brown called on Golden State residents to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 20 percent.

“This takes a coming together of all the people of California to deal with this serious and prolonged event of nature,” he said.

Brown also directed state agencies to use less water and hire more firefighters. In addition, the Democratic governor has initiated a greatly expanded water conservation public awareness campaign.

In addition to the SWP, Southern California residents can get water from Colorado River, the LA Aqueduct in Owens Valley and groundwater, which provides most of the water supply.

Surprisingly, the drought may be good news to some. Prospectors are making their way into the hills and mountains to see if the lack of water will make it easier to find gold grains and nuggets.

Northern California is typically believed to be prime gold country, but Curt Timmons of Digger Mining and Supply in Baldwin Park says a little time in the desert, Big Bear or the San Gabriel Canyon could yield some sparkly dividends.

“You can pretty much go to the bottom of these creeks with a shovel and have easy access to these gold-bearing materials,” Timmons said.

With water levels in the state’s rivers so low, gold diggers can now get to places that haven’t been touched by man in perhaps more than a century.


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: califdrought; california; desalination; drought; israel; watershortage
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To: BenLurkin

When is California going to come up with a couple desalination plants?


21 posted on 02/01/2014 1:47:46 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ClearCase_guy

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22 posted on 02/01/2014 1:50:48 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

LOL’s


23 posted on 02/01/2014 1:58:23 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
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To: BenLurkin
I bet the Algorians are wringing their hands with glee.

GLOBAL WARMING will be the mantra....

Never let a crisis go to waste.

24 posted on 02/01/2014 1:58:45 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: BenLurkin

“...the State Water Project announced Friday that it won’t send any more water down from Northern California...”

Hmmm, time for Southern California to announce it will no longer send tax money to Sacramento! FUJB...FUNP...FUBB...


25 posted on 02/01/2014 2:12:08 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Churchillspirit

When you compare the cost of desalination against the cost of transporting water long distances, desalination isn’t cost prohibitive. The further you have to pipe (or ship) water, the more economic desalination becomes.


26 posted on 02/01/2014 2:13:53 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: BenLurkin

This isn’t going to end well for Moonbeam and his cadre of progressives.


27 posted on 02/01/2014 2:17:52 PM PST by bigfootbob
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To: Scrambler Bob

During the ice ages, the climate belts collapsed from three to two. Instead of temperate, tropical and polar bands, there was a tropical equator and everything else cold.
During a temperate period, the winds blow Pacific moisture onto the mountains, creating a temperate, Mediterranean climate.
There are climatic studies that say that during an ice age, the winds blow primarily from the East Coast inland. California dries out, while the interior up to the Rockies is wetter.
The drying out of California could easily be a reversion to Ice Age conditions. And all the polar vortices support that conclusion as well.


28 posted on 02/01/2014 2:22:39 PM PST by tbw2
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To: bigfootbob

I hate to say it

I think our Hippie guru Governor Jerry Brown going be reelect some in SO CAL are are just sheeps


29 posted on 02/01/2014 2:22:50 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: BenLurkin
Conservation is pointless when there is nothing to conserve.

The dumb arses in Kalifornia should have, years ago, started building desalinization plants. Instead they're wasting good taxpayer bucks on "renewable energy". Today, still, there is no mention of the future of water in the state.

Another reason to get the hell out.

30 posted on 02/01/2014 3:46:37 PM PST by Banjoguy (The Mayor of San Antonio is the smoothest liar I have ever seen.)
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To: BenLurkin
"Mr. Gittes...you're looking for water in the wrong place."


31 posted on 02/01/2014 3:52:17 PM PST by moovova
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To: A CA Guy

I live in the SF Valley and I am going to water the heck out of my lawn and flowers if I choose. Let them raise price as needed, and I will make the allocation decisions with MY earned dollars, not Comrade Jerry Brown!


32 posted on 02/01/2014 4:06:51 PM PST by 4Liberty (Optimal institutions - optimal economy.)
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To: bboop

The next 1%ers.


33 posted on 02/01/2014 4:36:23 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: BenLurkin

Barbara Streisand’s water bill is about $2,000.00 a month.


34 posted on 02/01/2014 4:56:20 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: BenLurkin

To paraphrase the late Sam Kinnison, “Move to where the f’n water is!!!!! Oh!!! Ohhhhh!!!!!!!!”


35 posted on 02/01/2014 4:59:48 PM PST by Benito Cereno
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Yea, but remember, California is like a bowl of granola.... What’s not fruits and nuts is flakes...


36 posted on 02/01/2014 5:04:56 PM PST by ssstewar
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To: BenLurkin

Kalifornia could send a few million illegals out of the state until it rains.


37 posted on 02/01/2014 5:10:47 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Qiviut

As will millions of illegals granted amnesty.


38 posted on 02/01/2014 5:29:58 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: BenLurkin

I hope the delta smelt aren’t hurt by drought conditions. We all know the perfect flow of water has been maintained forever and ever until manmade global warming.


39 posted on 02/01/2014 5:31:16 PM PST by Organic Panic
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40 posted on 02/01/2014 5:32:23 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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