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State’s population growth expected to outstrip water conservation in coming years
Sacramento Bee ^ | 02/14/2015 | Matt Weiser and Phillip Reese

Posted on 02/15/2015 6:01:19 PM PST by artichokegrower

California water agencies are on track to satisfy a state mandate to reduce water consumption 20 percent by 2020. But according to their own projections, that savings won’t be enough to keep up with population growth just a decade later.

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To: Marie

You don’t see it growing? What about continuing mass illegal and legal immigration? Yeah, plenty will flee the state but Hispanic and Asian immigrant flows aren’t going down unless restrictive immigration reform is passed, and there is no chance for that anytime soon.


21 posted on 02/15/2015 8:26:50 PM PST by Aetius
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To: artichokegrower
They would kill the wine industry to conserve before stopping illegals.
22 posted on 02/15/2015 9:07:05 PM PST by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: Ben Ficklin

27% less power.


23 posted on 02/15/2015 9:39:54 PM PST by donna (Gov. Mike Huckabee beat the Clinton machine in Arkansas. He can do it again.)
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To: artichokegrower

Why don’t they just build a pipeline from the Mississippi River to Lake Powell. They actucally could reverse the flow of the Missouri River from St. Louis to Kansas City and then run a pipeline from there.

After looking as some of the logistics, probably have to run the pipeline from St. Loius to Maob Utah, 1200 miles. From there it would feed into the Lake Powell watershed.


24 posted on 02/15/2015 10:03:57 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

The other option would be to build a pipepline right down the center of Interstate 40 from St. Louis right to Los Angeles. That would be about 1,800 miles. Their would be no land aquisition costs and no eminent domain issues.


25 posted on 02/15/2015 10:11:39 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: artichokegrower

We should do that regardless. Cali better get desalinization going or people will probably die if the damn drought keeps up.


26 posted on 02/15/2015 10:56:11 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Tzimisce

Cut welfare and lots of folks will move away.


27 posted on 02/16/2015 3:51:40 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

That’s racist.


28 posted on 02/16/2015 10:58:19 AM PST by Tzimisce
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