Fed H2o may be cut off from Calif. farms

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Fed H2o may be cut off from Calif. farms
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Sat, 02-21-2009 - 10:58am
Federal water may be cut off from Calif. farms
If drought deepens, state to make drastic move; revenue, jobs affected

Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms as a result of the deepening drought gripping the state.


U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials said parched reservoirs and patchy rainfall this year were forcing them to completely stop surface water deliveries for at least a two-week period beginning March 1. Authorities said they haven’t had to take such a drastic move for more than 15 years.


Article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29302902/


Note at the end of article the amount of that crops & dairy Calif. produces.


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Sat, 02-21-2009 - 12:39pm

A storm front that was heading our way was diverted by a High that sent it down to CA.


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Sun, 02-22-2009 - 2:45pm
I live in southern california and it is unfair for the federal gov. to cut back on water for all the farmers, all because they use water to feed the livestock, to water their land. The people of the city should cut back on water, we don't have any livestock living on our land. The farmers rely on that water to make a living and to feed their families. We rely the the farmers of calif. for meat, produce, and so on to go to our local stores. The farmers rely on us to buy their product so that they can pay their bills and feed their families. Only Father God can help them out. We need to pray.
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Sun, 02-22-2009 - 8:01pm
I agree. Water should be cut back for non essentials first. I live in Northern Cali. Whenever I vist So. Cal I am shocked at the water wasted to water greenbelts and extraneous landscape down the middle of roads simply for the esthetic pleasure of the people who live there. Food first, pretty pictures second. So. Cal is basically a desert that people pretend is a tropicana. LA outgrew it's ability to provide it's own water in the 1930's. Non-essential cutbacks before agriculture. I live in the Sierra foothills where some of this water comes from. We don't have huge green lawns and lush landsacping as the norm, why does So. Cal need it to drive their cars past at 50 miles an hour?


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Mon, 02-23-2009 - 11:36am

Heck, even up here in Seattle we're pushing xeriscaping!


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Mon, 02-23-2009 - 9:25pm
And don't forget all the swimming pools.
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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 10:01am

The US will see a difference if Calif. farmers can't produce. Price increases maybe?


I lived in S.Calif., left

 


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