In California, Groundwater Softens Drought’s Punch – That’s Both Good News and Bad
Agriculture may do better this year than expected, researchers say. But at a long-term cost.
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Agriculture may do better this year than expected, researchers say. But at a long-term cost.
As temperatures heat up and water supplies dwindle, Governor Jerry Brown’s third drought order deals with lawns, laws, and emergency response.
Sierra Nevada snowpack, a major part of California’s water supply equation, is near record lows.
To the pile of existing state and federal legislation that provides drought and disaster relief to California and the U.S. West, add two more bills. First, a bipartisan contribution from two Northern California congressmen. John Garamendi, a Democrat, and Doug LaMalfa, a Republican, are using the drought to justify a new reservoir in their territory. […]
State leaders face infrastructure decisions now that will have consequences for decades.
President Obama urges cooperation. But Republican opposition and a maze of state plans are causing a frantic confusion, while vulnerable farmers see immediate and long-term pain.
California is poorly prepared for another severely dry year
Droughts – especially severe droughts – are terribly damaging events. The human and ecosystem costs can be enormous, as we may relearn during the current California drought.
Like the 1993 classic film starring Bill Murray, the state is stuck in a perpetual time loop of drought, wildfire, and civic dispute, according to managing editor Aubrey Ann Parker.
It is now early 2014 and the rains have not come, for the third year in a row.
Less snowmelt from Sierra Nevada leads to more pumping of Central Valley’s contaminated groundwater.