Posted on 10/24/2022 5:11:43 PM PDT by Libloather
Coalinga city officials estimate their small town will run out of water by Dec. 1.
The city, which is typically allocated 10,000 acre-feet of water, has only been allocated about 2,000 acre-feet this year, according to Pro-Tem Mayor Ray Singleton. And that supply is almost gone.
“It was beautifully green just eight years ago. If you look at Google Maps, my yard was green, but like maybe five or six years ago now you look at it now, it’s like the Sahara Desert,” said Singleton. He’s been a resident since 2000 and is raising his family there.
The California valley city, located inland between Los Angeles and San Francisco, is home to an estimated 17,465 people. All the people living in Fresno County, where Coalinga is located, are experiencing a drought. It is the second driest year to date over the past 128 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Coalinga residents have been living under water restrictions, such as no watering their front lawns or washing their cars, and there’s a moratorium on pools. If a resident wants to maintain their pool, they need to sign a contract with the town stating they will provide their own 30,000 gallons of water, according to Singleton. One of Singleton’s current concerns is that the fire department needs to flush out the hydrants soon, and that could use up even more water.
The city is also the site of a state prison and state mental health hospital. The city has no control over how these facilities use water, and Singleton estimates they pull around 25% to 30% of the city’s supply. He said he sees these institutions waste water and called it “frustratingly insane.”
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This is California for ya.
drill some wells.
Fresno County voted 52.9% for Biden. They get no sympathy from me.
The city is also the site of a ... state mental health hospital. ... estimates they pull around 25% to 30% of the city’s supply....sees these institutions waste water and called it “frustratingly insane.”
Well, it IS a mental hospital.
desalinization in eco-unfriendly. the California Politburo would rather people die of thirst than do something eco-unfriendly.
If you haven’t heard, the Mississippi River is drying up, traffic stopped.
Desalination takes massive amounts of energy. Massive.
We had huge rain in Arizona and southern California just a couple of weekends ago. Didn’t that help?
I did say eco-unfriendly, didn’t I?
After the last couple of days seeing the most stupid comments by Freepers, I just have to say, I’m never coming here again, after 20 years of observing. What effing idiots. On so many topics, the ignorance and lack of any experience, or intelligence, is shocking. Idiots who have not been out of their county, or can’t count to 10.
Serious issue here. I’m not going to the left. I just want to leave the country.
700 miles of coastline, and no desalination plants.
We will have a high speed rail line though. In another 50 or so years.
They vote demoKKKrat almost across the board. Stay thirsty my friends: https://ballotpedia.org/Coalinga,_California
Yes. You do have a serious issue alright. Hope you get it addressed.
We will miss your contributions.
Leftists keep promising armageddon and it just never seems to happens. These types of stories are akin to the carrot put in front of the idiot donkey.
High speed rail in CA will never be finished. It’ll be a new Stonehenge with all the above-ground rail supports in place. Generations 2,000 years from now will be very puzzled.
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