"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Paul wrote:
>
>>> The water *is* there. Reservoirs in Northern California are doing just
>>> fine. It is a *completely* political act.
>>
>> Tell that to my sister to works for the state water management district
>> and who designed the SWAMP system while at Moss Landing. The water
>> tables are being depleted at a rapid rate and the Sacramento River delta
>> is being destroyed because of the water demands in the south. It is a
>> nightmare. Not to mention we have had some state-wide drought issues for
>> more than 10 years now.
>
> How old is your information?

Very. We only this year out of the last 12 have had normal reservoir levels
in the Sierras. That is anything but a trend and is in all likelihood a
fluke when you look at then trend over time. We had one normal winter is
all.

>
>>> Are you aware of the horrendous impact of desertification on the
>>> surrounding environment?
>>
>> I am. Are you aware of wehat causes it?
>
> I know what's causing it in the Bakersfield area, which was the area under
> discussion.

That whole area for decades used the most wasteful water delivery system,
namely flood irrigation which mostly evaporates. They could do it because
they had all that wonderful underground water which is now mostly gone. The
loss of the aquifers is causing the desertification. So now they compete
for the water being piped down into LA from the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers. The politics is merely a result of the fact that there is not
enough water to go around.

Paul