Posted on 06/24/2023 8:50:10 AM PDT by jcon40
In the face of its worst drought in centuries, California is finally getting around to regulating its groundwater use. As an agricultural economist who studies water regulation in California, I think this is a unique chance to change the way we price groundwater and protect this scarce resource. But I’m worried that we might not make the most of this opportunity.
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The good news is that more than 60 percent of the 102 submitted plans mention policies that will increase the cost of extracting groundwater. This is a huge change from the status quo. The bad news is that the prices are likely to be too low (this level of detail hasn’t been hashed out yet) and are often pegged to the wrong metric. This will prevent the plans from achieving sustainability, and from doing it at the lowest cost.
(Excerpt) Read more at freethink.com ...
Next up they’ll tax rain followed by sun; it’s for the children you know.
My land. My well. My pump. My pipe. My wife.
Stick your meter up your backside.
They will be charging for air and sunlight next.
My land. My well. My pump. My pipe. My wiRe.
Stick your meter up your backside.
Thats what I thought. Thank you!
The author is an associate professor at UC Berkeley.
Demonrats follow the water. More water means more Demonrats. Do you really want that? Build demonratization plants, turning overpopulation into something useful: pig feed.
maybe they are, but this article was from Dec 29, 2022. Yet,
"Apr 6, 2023 — Now, 12 of California's 17 major reservoirs are filled above their historical averages for the start of spring."
On 6/7/23
A series of atmospheric rivers battered California from the end of December last year to early March. This not only drowned the state in rainfall, but built up record amounts of snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. Now the weather has warmed, the snowpack is melting, feeding into the state's rivers and lakes... According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the drought in the state has pretty much lifted, with only 4.63 percent of the state in a moderate drought, and 29.12 percent being abnormally dry.
Just three months ago, some 24.96 percent of the state was in a severe drought and 49.13 percent in a moderate drought. - https://www.newsweek.com/california-reservoir-water-level-shasta-1804941
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