Posted on 07/03/2014 3:21:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — California regulators are expected to consider statewide mandatory water conservation measures as the worst drought in recent memory grows more severe, according to a KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO report.
The State Water Resources Board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve emergency regulations for nine months that would speed the process the board uses to force some rights holders to stop diverting from rivers and streams, The Associated Press reported.
The move comes after the board learned just 31 percent of the state’s nearly 10,000 water-rights holders responded to curtailment notices in the past six weeks, according to The Associated Press.
But as KNX 1070′s Charles Feldman reports the agency will consider further mandatory measures later this month that could go beyond what some Los Angeles and some other local cities are already doing.
Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus said officials will consider new regulations governing overwatering, outdoor irrigation, and excess leaks at their next scheduled meeting July 15.
But Marcus acknowledged despite that despite regulators’ best efforts, enforcement of water conservation measures in the state has been historically tough.
“We would probably have a fine for an infraction that could be enforced by us, but would also be enforced by local city attorneys and [district attorneys],” she said.
Other state agencies also being asked to come up with drought plans as well, Feldman reported
That what I hear lately on Accu weather or Weather channel site yeah there is possibtly we may develop El Nino winter that be cool
I will say this is the worst I have ever seen it! Everything is so dry. We drove to Big Basin which is normally very green, and it looked so dry.
We have this little farm in San Jose. It may be the last one. The owner may have to close it and it’s been running over 50 years. It’s the worst he’s seen it.
I was recently reading about these massive solar power plants out west and how much water they require to cool but no one ever mentions this in these “water shortage” articles.
Same here, and as I tell those who tell me to cut back on water usage, "sure as soon as they stop handing out thousands of building permits each and every year!"
“Isn’t CA adjacent next to the world’s largest ocean?”
Yes, and if the anti-nuclear power pricks hadn’t prevailed, we’d have a bunch of desal plants up and running already. But never mind, Jerry the Fairy self-absorbed with his high-speed farmworkers express. No time to deal with a real problem.
BTW, had one of our “state senators” pass me on the freeway yesterday in his state-sponsored Tesla (nice we are giving them $100k cars to commute in). And he was at least ten mph above the limit. I went to his website and dropped him a note. He’s a RAT although his site doesn’t come right out and say it for some reason. The guy has a beard, that’s all I needed.
I think the only desal project underway is the one in Carlsbad. Under construction. Due to open 2016.
The “region” I referred to was the entire West. As a former LA resident, I am well aware of where LA draws water from - and the point remains that they’re outgrowing the supply available to them.
(Eddie Murphy during the "Ice Cream" skit in Delirious) -
"It's just sprinkles!"
Have Cali talk to us in Texas.
For a number of years we have been allowed to water the lawn ONCE a week. Now its down to EVERY OTHER week.
Calif don’t know how good they have it, pumping water from the Owens valley .....
As one drives south on I-5, coming from the San Joaquin valley into SoCal, you can see the huge pipes going over the Grapevine pass.... that’s the CA aqueduct bringing water to L.A.
So people like my hubby’s neighbor can water their lawns to the point where the mud goes down the side walk... :( :(
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I rent a room in San Diego. The landlord/owner lives in the house along with another tenant. We are all very frugal with water use. The water bill keeps coming in at $200 every two months. We questioned how the bill could be so damned high. We were shown the water usage. We use very little water. The usage sensitive part of the bill is very small. Most of the $200 covers "infrastructure" and lavish retirement plans for the water district employees. We could use zero water and still have that big bill. Total crap and corruption. When there is no noticeable impact on the bill when we try like hell to save water, what is the incentive to bother at all?
Yup. I currently live in Dallas. Well aware of it. The difference is that in Texas we build reservoirs to conserve water and in CA they tear theirs down. They deserve what they get.
Idaho sounding better all the time...
I used to live in the SF Bay Area. Love it for a lot of reasons, but CA politics and prices drove me to AZ.
I tell everyone.........if they’d empty California of the millions of illegal aliens there’d be water for the rest of us.
They WANT water shortages, because rationing is power.
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Ditto that!!!
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If you are referring to the entire West then there's enough water for LA to grow to five times its size. The problem is the willpower and a need for transport infrastructure.
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