Anything that asks California’s farmers to lift a finger or change a single thing about what they are doing with the water in that state will be met with a tidal wave of vitriol from them.
Israel doesn’t shut off the water, pretending to protect some fish.
California shuts off the water to some of the worlds most productive farm land because it advances Bambi’s Population Control plan.
with the substantial political clout of US environmental organizations why are we so far behind in such simple solutions??? Are they so agenda bound on fossil fuels they are blind to matters that really matter,
All good ideas, but what water footprint does all our millions of illegal use up?
The good news it that the CA drought is likely to be over this year. The bad news is we may see record flooding.
11). build more surface water storage facilities.
It was an American, Prof. Dan Goldberg, who brought drip irrigation to Israel as a benefactor to the young State. Cereal crops by their nature do not lend themselves to drip irrigation. In fact Israel produces an insignificant amount of its own daily needs, importing most grain from Russia and Ukraine.
Siegel is a NY lawyer,lives in Manahattan and must think that California farmers are in the dark ages. He could not be more ill-informed.
GTMO has run a desalination plant since 1964 producing 750,000 gallons per day. The plant isn’t that big and many can be placed with a very small footprint.
Deport all the illegals would cut the water usage tremendously. Fine the daylights out of those who use over x amount of water on their estates.
I thought it was all global warming