“I have lived in So Cal for 44 years. For at least 30 of those years, there have been discussions of building a peripheral canal around the Sacramento Delta so as to transport water from Northern CA to Southern CA. The politicians in Sacramento did nothing but fight over the proposal.”
I have lived in Northern California for 74 years, and for most of that time we have been in a fight with SoCal over their penchant to take water from everyone else so they can continue to expand their Mexican Paradise to ridiculous extents. You’ve been found guilty of ruining the Owens River Valley and Mono Lake to quench your thirst, and lately your “entitlement” to Colorado River water has been cut drastically now that Arizona wants it’s lawful share. Then there’s the Peripheral Canal where you seek to destroy the ecosystem in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta then use the the San Luis Drain to send your $hitty wastewater and put it back from whence you took it with all your pollutants as a “gift” to us. Then when the last draught was ongoing, we were wondering why we were flushing our toilets with our bathwater while you were watering your lawns and letting the water run down the gutter. It’s time you voluntarily limited your growth and found water resources closer to home. Just the evaporation losses today in the canals that send you our water would provide tens of thousands of people with enough water for their needs.
And as you point out, SoCal hasn’t done squat to build any collection and storage facilities to support itself. So you (with your DWP) have been “takers” for as long as I can remember.
I have been following the replenishment of the supply in Lake Shasta (which is where you get most of your water ultimately, nearly 1,000 miles from LA). With the recent rains, it has risen something on the order of 20 feet, but it is still 145 ft below “full pool.” Interestingly, the shoreline is now at about 200 miles (it’s been as low as 150 miles), but at full pool that distance is 365 miles! Today, it holds about 1.5 million acre feet. Full it’s three times that amount. So the end question is “how many times do you pee before you flush, and did you let your landscaping die this past summer lie we did?”
I would respond the way I responded when Washington said no Columbia River water to LA. That’s ok, when we run out we’ll all move north.
“With the recent rains, it has risen something on the order of 20 feet, but it is still 145 ft below “full pool.” Interestingly, the shoreline is now at about 200 miles (it’s been as low as 150 miles), but at full pool that distance is 365 miles! Today, it holds about 1.5 million acre feet. Full it’s three times that amount.”
Thanks for the info. My buddy and I were wondering about how much these storms had raised it. We talked and three hours later you answered. Thanks. I live on the Trinity river. Another one that is earmarked for SoCal.