On 5/24/2015 1:11 PM, taxed and spent wrote:
> > wrote in message
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>> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 7:50:14 AM UTC-7, taxed and spent wrote:
>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>>> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had a
>>>>> lot
>>>>> of stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown the huge
>>>>> reservoirs with very little water in them. They were showing how
>>>>> people
>>>>> with lush grass and full swimming pools were being demonised.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>>>>
>>>> Everyone in CA is affected. And since CA grows half the country's
>>>> food,
>>>> half the country is affected as well. My town is ordering a 35%
>>>> cutback
>>>> on water use with fines for offenders. NASA says this is the last year
>>>> we
>>>> will have water in the reservoirs. So next year we should be in full
>>>> anarchy mode I expect. Fox News blames it on illegal immigrants.
>>>>
>>>
>>> But I still have not heard any talk about adding storage capacity or
>>> groundwater replenishment basins, for the times we do have rain.
>>
>> Similarly, I haven't heard my wife talking about buying a safe for the
>> jewelry she expects to buy after she wins the lottery.
>
> That is a bit different, isn't it. Years with heavy rains are quite
> frequent. We need to be putting more away for those non-rainy days.
>
>
That is precisely what desert states are doing with groundwater
injection - water banking!