Study: Calif. could have surplus of water
By Justin Doom, Bloomberg
Drought-stricken California has more than twice the water capacity needed to erase an annual deficit of more than 6 million acre-feet, through better conservation and management efforts, according to the Pacific Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Almost half of the potential 13.7 million acre-feet in savings could come from agricultural efficiency gains and conservation, with the balance from urban improvements, water reuse and captured storm water, the two groups said in a joint report this week.
One acre-foot is enough to cover an acre with a foot of water, approximately 326,000 gallons.
Well, it seems there are solutions to our drought problem, if we work together.
@rock4-that’s a BIG “if”.
As promising as this sounds, it does nothing to solve our present dilemma. This will take years to fully implement. Sadly the powers that be never have to foresight to look for solutions before the problem arises, they only respond when the problems present themselves. In this case, a couple of wet years again and this will be forgotten until the next drought period happens.