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(11,733 posts) Wed May 20, 2015, 10:56 PM May 2015

California Farmers Ordered To Stop Pumping From San Joaquin River Watershed [View all]

Source: CBS San Francisco

Regulators are ordering farmers with California’s oldest water rights to stop pumping from the San Joaquin River watershed for the first time in memory.

State water board engineer Kathy Mrowka told a public drought hearing that the curtailment orders will be sent to so-called senior rights holders on Friday.

The mandatory conservation orders for rights holders with century-old claims to rivers and streams will be the first anywhere in the state since the 1970s. They would be the first in memory to senior water-rights holders along the San Joaquin River.

Read more: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/20/california-farmers-ordered-to-stop-pumping-from-san-joaquin-river-watershed/

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We've been sending it all south for far too long. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1

well in southern OK Duckhunter935 May 2015 #2

it's "all gone" because there is not enough new supply coming from the Sierra Nevada nt msongs May 2015 #4

Water projects, been impacted by them my entire life. NYC_SKP May 2015 #5

"Trust me"? :) Beauregard May 2015 #23

�� Well sport, did you grow up taking water samples for the state w your grandma living on a river? NYC_SKP May 2015 #24

No, did you? Am I just supposed to believe your claims? Sgt Preston May 2015 #25

Books, the internet, there's all the proof you need if you care to use them. NYC_SKP May 2015 #26

That's your citation? "Books, the internet." Beauregard May 2015 #34

If you mean... Xolodno May 2015 #28

How about the "food grows where water flows" signs. upaloopa May 2015 #30

In specific terms? How many does this serve, affect? jtuck004 May 2015 #3

The section of the Central Valley from Lodi down to Madera, and the Sierras west to Coastal Range NYC_SKP May 2015 #6

Shipping "our" water south. I bet you're happy upaloopa May 2015 #31

probably not lettuce, that's grown elsewhere mostly CreekDog May 2015 #27

The title is misleading. It impacts farmers who pull directly from the rivers. Xithras May 2015 #33

Wow. This sounds like they are treating about 2000 people badly, and it may well not be necessary. jtuck004 May 2015 #35

We really need a transcontinental aquaduct.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #7

Why? MFrohike May 2015 #9

Think of it as terraforming. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #10

Unless we have the power required provided by renewable sources, the water mostly... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #15

They were going to build one back during FDR as a WPA project.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #16

Think of it as unsustainable. (nt) paleotn May 2015 #20

Look at other places like Dubai.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #32

The US vegetible basket in a desert is not sustainable even in normal conditions.... paleotn May 2015 #37

Your right. California? STOP BREEDING!!!! Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #39

No MFrohike May 2015 #40

The entire West Coast??? Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #42

That's a stretch MFrohike May 2015 #44

That part doesn't have a water shortage problem..... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #45

Actually, I would say that's not comparable, floodplains are very productive... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #14

Until the catastrophic loss MFrohike May 2015 #41

A lot of people look at a fertile valley and think about carving it up into 1/8 acre tract homes. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #43

I was thinking about buying a small property in the Mojave Desert aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #8

Also the water could be extremely alkaline. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #11

I've read that the water is really good aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #12

Looks like you could use one of these..... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #13

the most beautiful part of California, teeming with wildlife reddread May 2015 #18

Almonds are more important than people quadrature May 2015 #17

Why does everyone use the almond argument? chernabog May 2015 #19

where is HRC on this? quadrature May 2015 #21

...no idea what you're talking about chernabog May 2015 #22

People do need food. N/t christx30 May 2015 #29

The thing is.... CanSocDem May 2015 #36

There is by far enough ariable land.... paleotn May 2015 #38