14 California Towns At The Far Edge Of Drought - Now Trucking In Drinking Water

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Under the blistering Central Valley sun, Filiberta Sanchez and her toddler granddaughter strolled down a Parkwood sidewalk lined with yellow weeds, dying grass and trees more fit for kindling than shade. "It was very pretty here, very pretty," said Sanchez, 56, as little Jenny crunched a fistful of parched dirt and pine needles she grabbed from the ground. "Now everything's dry."

Parkwood's last well dried up in July. County officials, after much hand-wringing, made a deal with the city of Madera for a temporary water supply, but the arrangement prohibited Parkwood's 3,000 residents from using so much as a drop of water on their trees, shrubs or lawns. The county had to find a permanent water fix.

Parkwood is one of 28 small California communities that have since January cycled onto and off of a list of "critical water systems" that state officials say could run dry within 60 days. Amid the drought that is scorching the state and particularly the Central Valley, the State Water Resources Control Board decided this year, for the first time ever, to track areas on the brink of waterlessness. "It's a sign of how severe this drought is," said Bruce Burton, an assistant deputy director for the board.

For some communities, earning a place on the list was the impetus to address problems that should have been fixed long ago. Some drilled new wells, built storage tanks or connected their water systems with larger ones and got off the critical list. Other communities were saved by late spring rains that filled reservoirs and other water supplies. Fourteen communities, though, remain on the list, approaching a crisis point and trucking in water while they work to find a solution.

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http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-critical-water-20140926-story.html

[marym625]

1. They are shooting each other in Yemen

Over water. It won't be long before that happens here.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Bottled Nestle water?

Taken from other California towns not quite so far into the drought, maybe?

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Ya know what really, really pisses me off...

what we pay for one lousy F-35 might go a long way toward solving this problem.

And what does it cost for a bombing foray in a country most of Congress can't find on a map?

Hundreds of bases around the world and the Koch brothers don't want to pay taxes, but it's OK that US citizens have to scrounge for drinking water like in some third world country. And they're not even lazy bums on welfare.

Once upon a time we thought we might help those third world countries-- now we are one.

[nationalize the fed]

4. And if the US hadn't spent trillions bombing and invading

lands 8,000 miles away there could be desalination plants off the CA coast that could make the state water worry free. Like Israel. Or Saudi Arabia.

The rest of the world is way ahead of the US when it comes to desalination. Here's proof:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination#Existing_facilities_and_facilities_under_construction

Estimates vary widely between 15,000-20,000 desalination plants producing more than 20,000 m3/day.

Water Desalination In Israel: Israel has 39 plants.

Oil is piped from the top of Alaska to the bottom. 800 Miles of pipeline.



So it can be done. With the money the criminals in DC have stolen from the people of the US.

The Drought is because DC is busy taking over the world, spending dollars that could be used for -fixing the drought forever.