On 2015-05-25, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 5/25/2015 2:27 PM, sf wrote:


>> that the orchards are irrigated by flooding. I don't know how much
>> truth there is to that though.

True enough in the past. When I was growing up in Stanislaus County,
all orchards were flooded. Now, water conservation has changed
this.

> If they do, what happens to all the water?

One of the biggest news stories of the 80s was the Kesterson
Reservoir, selenium toxicity debacle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesterson_Reservoir

Much of the flooding irrigation technique has been replaced by drip
watering or huge motorized sprinkler systems.

> There is also enough water to take care of all of our needs.......

Highly debatable. We have a fixed amt of fresh water. As the
population continues to grow, we will run out of enough fresh water to
satisfy this growth, regardless of distribution.

nb