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XemaSab

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16. I'd really like to know how they decided which cuts are happening where

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 01:11 PM

Apr 2015

Redding is slated for a 36% cut.

We're the first big city on the river, we've had 89% of our normal rainfall, and we cut 17% last year. So why 36%? Who decided that?

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California prepares for historic mandatory cutbacks on water [View all] sufrommich Apr 2015 OP

The Water Wars...The North has been sending water south to the South and used to libdem4life Apr 2015 #1

I haven't heard about a Midwest drought. sufrommich Apr 2015 #2

The developing drought isn't really terribly serious in the upper midwest,yet HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #4

Yes, they're doing much better.My parents live on Lake Huron sufrommich Apr 2015 #7

Mainly Texas and Oklahoma KamaAina Apr 2015 #21

There has been some relief lately, but...see link libdem4life Apr 2015 #6

The way I remember it...a cow-calf team takes from 15-20 gallons of water per day. HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #24

That sounds about right. It causes a rise in meat prices, as well. We used to have a pond for the libdem4life Apr 2015 #35

My parents, who are 90 years old now, MineralMan Apr 2015 #3

Interesting. Do farmers pay for water in CA? sufrommich Apr 2015 #5

Oh, yes, they do. Irrigation costs are the largest expense for MineralMan Apr 2015 #9

That's very sad. I imagine it's even made more dire sufrommich Apr 2015 #12

That part of Ventura County grows less and less MineralMan Apr 2015 #13

I can't imagine the thinking behind replacing farms with suburbs, sufrommich Apr 2015 #15

Makes no sense to me, either. MineralMan Apr 2015 #19

That stretch along 126 did used to be more "countrified" villager Apr 2015 #27

Yup. My old home highway has changed, and MineralMan Apr 2015 #29

they sell it to LA reddread Apr 2015 #23

This reminds me of the phony "electricity crisis" back in the early 2000's 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #8

I don't think CA's drought is phony. nt sufrommich Apr 2015 #10

But apparently man made... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #32

I can verify the last four years have been dry as hell REP Apr 2015 #11

This isn't phony. zappaman Apr 2015 #17

that would be the downside of allowing your media* to lie to you reddread Apr 2015 #20

Electricity is generated and distributed by people; rain is not nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #25

I live 1/4 mile from Folsom Lake. The drought is real. Throd Apr 2015 #30

LMFAO ...and then there is the reality of the water situation. L0oniX Apr 2015 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #14

I'd really like to know how they decided which cuts are happening where XemaSab Apr 2015 #16

From what I read,it depends on how effective a city's sufrommich Apr 2015 #18

I live there for 5 decades, had family in San Diego, and watched the entire LA to libdem4life Apr 2015 #22

yes, the Brown family knows how to have ditches dug reddread Apr 2015 #26

California Water Project PufPuf23 Apr 2015 #31

Come now - ISIS is a way more serious threat than no water. tenderfoot Apr 2015 #28

Nestle will start paying it's fair share aaaaannnnnnyyyyyyyyy day now right? bluevoter4life Apr 2015 #33