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California wells run dry as drought depletes groundwater
Krcr ^ | Tuesday, October 4th 2022 | TERRY CHEA Associated Press

Posted on 10/04/2022 8:51:58 AM PDT by cuz1961

Amid a megadrought plaguing the American West, more rural communities are losing access to groundwater as heavy pumping depletes underground aquifers that aren’t being replenished by rain and snow.

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TOPICS: Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; california; californiadrought; californiainsanity; ecoterrorism; ecoterrorists; gavinnewsom; globalwarminghoax; greedyocean; greennewdeal; groundwater; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; ronklain; terrychea; wells
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To: Mouton

And the number of illegals coming across the southern boarder since Brandon took over is larger than the population of Kansas.

It would be a shame if they dried up and blew away.


21 posted on 10/04/2022 9:39:49 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: 9422WMR

In the 80s, reservoirs were being destroyed.


22 posted on 10/04/2022 9:44:00 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: cuz1961

Before we bailed out, we did an assessment of what has happened to the state over the past 40+ years and thanks to reckless chain immigration and millions of illegals flooding into the state while the CA leftist ruling class waves them in, the whole place is screwed. It’s never going to magically return to what it once was and will continue to get worse. It can’t be salvage. A sad shame, but that’s the way it is.


23 posted on 10/04/2022 9:45:25 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: alloysteel

I have read that Almonds take more water than any other crop.
Maybe they almond groves need to cut down.


24 posted on 10/04/2022 9:55:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: 9422WMR

“Reservoir is the solution. But those dolts can’t figure it out to save themselves.”

No it isn’t. A train to nowhere is the only solution to the drought.


25 posted on 10/04/2022 9:59:44 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (DJT24)
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To: cuz1961

Libtard’s brilliant solution is to flood our country with illegal consumers


26 posted on 10/04/2022 10:01:18 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: cuz1961

Environmental water use falls into four broad categories in California:

Rivers protected as “wild and scenic”
Water required for habitat and ecosystem protection
Water for wetlands and wildlife preserves
Water needed to maintain water quality

When considered that half of the water in the state is used for environmental desires and not a percentage of that in the production of food and a sustainable life for the people that actually grow it, there is a disconnect there. By doing what the state wants with the water, shipping it to high voter areas like L.A. and the Bay Area to maintain their capacity, they are literally turning the agricultural area into the desert it was before the easterners arrived.

And with the overflow of population re-establishing itself in the valley from the cities, it only increases the log jam. Tack that on to when Owens Valley dries up enough that they have to cut off the flow for their survival, and Lakes Powell, Mead and Havasu reach a point of unable to perform even from as far away as Colorado, it will just destroy California’s water system and the place will go back to the desert the locals lived in before it became a new world beginning. And man did it to himself again.

wy69


27 posted on 10/04/2022 10:03:32 AM PDT by whitney69 (quantity)
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To: cuz1961

Sounds like LaMalfa is conscientious about trying to get good stuff done.

My brother has a houseboat on Lake Shasta. That lake is in rough shape now.


28 posted on 10/04/2022 10:08:14 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Slava Ukraini!)
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To: cuz1961

Man made drought


29 posted on 10/04/2022 10:08:40 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: LeonardFMason

“All conservative minded folks move to a competitive state and tip it in favor of conservative candidates.”

We shall see this coming election.

AZ will be ground zero as will NV.


30 posted on 10/04/2022 10:09:00 AM PDT by crz
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To: cuz1961

Sounds to me like the Border-Jumping Invaders drank all of Cauliphonya’s water and have just about finished off Arizona, New Mexico and Texas’s water. I’m pretty sure that the Marthas up at the vineyard have a hell of a lot more water than the “border towns” of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona have (a little Martha talk there).


31 posted on 10/04/2022 10:24:13 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism/communism but you need guns to shoot your way out.)
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To: dragnet2

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It can’t be salvage. A sad shame, but that’s the way it is.

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The Calif constitution allows for The state to be broken into smaller parts, and there is the Jackson state effort.

You may be correct, we shall see.


32 posted on 10/04/2022 10:27:17 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: mewzilla

Bump for Study


33 posted on 10/04/2022 10:28:50 AM PDT by Loud Mime ("The Real Constitution and its Real Enemies" now available on Amazon. Check it out!)
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To: 9422WMR
Reservoir is the solution. But those dolts can’t figure it out to save themselves.

Dams/reservoirs work fine. Unfortunately, we have dumbasses that want to breach dams to "save the fishies". The left is anxious to knock down 4 dams in Idaho to "save the salmon from extinction". It's a campaign built on a lie that would cause problems with water supply, flood control, transport of farm products to market and electrical power generation.

34 posted on 10/04/2022 10:34:51 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: LeonardFMason

Can you convince them to MOVE???


35 posted on 10/04/2022 10:36:56 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: cuz1961

The last :”Inventory” I saw regarding the Delta Smelt was 7 were found in 3 days of multiple boats trying to net them.

SEVEN


36 posted on 10/04/2022 10:39:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: woodbutcher1963

Pretty much ONLY state that grows almonds.


37 posted on 10/04/2022 10:40:43 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: dragnet2
By 1998, I assessed that my vote no longer mattered in CA. I was simply a source of tax revenue with no representation. It took about 18 months to formulate and execute an exit plan. We purchased a new house in Idaho in August 2000, moved into the house in Dec 2000 and sold the house in San Diego in Feb 2001.

My wife worked as a Sheriff's Office dispatcher in San Diego. She resumed similar work for police/fire/EMS in our new city. Less hourly pay, but lower cost of living too. I continued the "work from home" mode extending the distance from 12 miles to 920 miles. The relocation has worked out fine. We will retire in Idaho.

38 posted on 10/04/2022 10:45:34 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

I had to wait until 2019 due to obligations etc...It’s worked out very nice.

And speaking of water, in my territory of Arizona we’ve had rain every week on and off and sometimes daily for about 3 months! All the lakes are way up, ground water etc...It’s so green I feel like I’m somewhere else...lol


39 posted on 10/04/2022 10:54:06 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cuz1961

Who’d a thunk there’d be a water shortage from millions of people moving to a desert?


40 posted on 10/04/2022 11:02:08 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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