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.
We had huge rain in Arizona and southern California just a couple of weekends ago. Didn’t that help?
700 miles of coastline, and no desalination plants.
We will have a high speed rail line though. In another 50 or so years.
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.
Coalinga is a weird town name. It came from the railroad in the late 1800s when it was “Coaling Station A” where they filled the train with fuel. It got shortened to “Coaling A” or “Coalinga.
So it’s a town named for beautiful coal!
If you are ever in the area, be sure to go to the Horned Toad Derby is in late May over the Memorial Day weekend annually. The tradition began in 1935.
The Coalinga Rifle Club has a 1000 yard range facility west of town that hosts various California State Rifle Championships. These include: California State Long Range, Mid Range, Palma Rifle, Fullbore, Service Rifle and High Power Championships. In the past, the Navy SEALs have trained at the rifle club. It is also the home of the California Grizzlies, Junior National Champions for the last four years. They have recreational facilities for rifle, pistol, shotgun and a 500-meter Metallic Silhouette Range.
A coal town..”Coaling Station A”. (Now a state prison town) I still remember the 1983 Coalinga earthquake (6.2)...felt pretty large near FR HQ where I was at the time.
https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM17EH_back-to-HM17EH.html
https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/pvsp/
The City of Coalinga receives its Municipal & Industrial (M&I) water supply through the CVP (Cenrtral Valley Project) Federal water delivery. This comes from the Federal side of the California Aqueduct and is monitored and delivered by Westlands Water District through the Coalinga Canal. The City of Coalinga can purchase additional water for delivery if they could find a willing seller. In many years they sell their surplus water to AG users or others. This is a water management issue and they have never managed it well. With the State in a drought there is very little water available in the state. They could find a source of water up north but the price may be to high. The other problem is how the CVP project allocates water. In an emergency the CVP could find some additional water if the Interior Department had its act together but not under the Biden administration. The SWP and CVP let water flow out the delta to the ocean instead of saving it and care more about fish for Lake Shasta water releases than they do about people or AG. The other problem is not building more water storage. I know because for twenty years I worked for Westlands accounting for all of Coalinga’s water allocations and deliveries. The new water year begins in March. They should be able to make it through December and January, but will definitely run short in February. The CVP is likely to let them run a deficit against next years water allocation because for health and safety reasons they will not turn off the pumps from the Coalinga Canal. But we have never faced this situation where the CVP shuts a city down. Their congressman needs to get on the phone with the head of the Interior Department and the Biden Administration.
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede likely has a liquid water ocean larger than all of Earth’s oceans combined.
Granted that transport could be an issue.
So, despite the exaggeration, the point that the water is just offshore is noted.
At present, it’s looking like more reservoirs are needed on the upper half of the Mississippi. Even the Ohio River @ the Olmsted Lock & Dam above the confluence with the Mississippi is being pulled down. Paducah looks better, but the ACE is dredging like crazy. I wonder where all that sand goes...