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What the problem is....NOT ENOUGH DESALINATION PLANTS. The whole coast is nothing but water. Salt water. WTF that they haven't built more.
Fourth desal plant mothballed. Billions more wasted
Expensive desalination plants in Queensland, NSW and Victoria have all been mothballed without producing a drop of water. All were built in preference to much cheaper dams, in part because of green bans and in part because warming preachers claimed the rains would not return.
Add a fourth desalination plant:
COMMONWEALTH Auditor-General Ian McPhee has been asked to investigate $328 million in federal funds handed over to the South Australian Labor government for its $2.2 billion mothballed desalination plant and pipeline.
Federal Labor initially provided $100m for a 50 gigalitre plant, then announced an extra $228m to double its size…
Under the original deal for extra funding, South Australia was to “reduce reliance” on the Murray by drawing less water from the river once the 100GL plant was fully operational, expected in December. The decision saw the cost blow out from $500m for the smaller option to $2.2bn, when pipe work was included, for the larger plant, with water bills for consumers trebling since 2008 to pay for it.
Five desal plants have been built in Australia. Only Perth’s is used.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/..._desal_plant_mothballed_billions_more_wasted/
Last time I checked the Pacific goes all the way to the border with Canada and beyond...So moving north, would not endanger your view of the Pacific....No shit.I have been rationing. I just cut my yard in half AGAIN this morning. So now I am using only 1/4th of it. I water the fruit trees but letting the grass die in the 3/4th section.
I do what I can. I like california. But if I could move to oregon or washington I would in a heart beat. Gotta have my pacific ocean.
Does California have De SAL plants? If not, they had better get busy.What the problem is....NOT ENOUGH DESALINATION PLANTS. The whole coast is nothing but water. Salt water. WTF that they haven't built more.
i thought the Spacific Ocean was the bathtub for illegals.Article lists 3 things to be done but none of them address the horde of illegal invaders. Kick them out (as the law requires) and the drought problem would be solved overnight.
California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now - LA Times
march 12 2015
As our “wet” season draws to a close, it is clear that the paltry rain and snowfall have done almost nothing to alleviate epic drought conditions. January was the driest in California since record-keeping began in 1895. Groundwater and snowpack levels are at all-time lows.
As difficult as it may be to face, the simple fact is that California is running out of water — and the problem started before our current drought. NASA data reveal that total water storage in California has been in steady decline since at least 2002, when satellite-based monitoring began, although groundwater depletion has been going on since the early 20th century.
Right now the state has only about one year of water supply left in its reservoirs, and our strategic backup supply, groundwater, is rapidly disappearing. California has no contingency plan for a persistent drought like this one (let alone a 20-plus-year mega-drought), except, apparently, staying in emergency mode and praying for rain.
And this has to do with what?What the problem is....NOT ENOUGH DESALINATION PLANTS. The whole coast is nothing but water. Salt water. WTF that they haven't built more.
Fourth desal plant mothballed. Billions more wasted
Expensive desalination plants in Queensland, NSW and Victoria have all been mothballed without producing a drop of water. All were built in preference to much cheaper dams, in part because of green bans and in part because warming preachers claimed the rains would not return.
Add a fourth desalination plant:
COMMONWEALTH Auditor-General Ian McPhee has been asked to investigate $328 million in federal funds handed over to the South Australian Labor government for its $2.2 billion mothballed desalination plant and pipeline.
Federal Labor initially provided $100m for a 50 gigalitre plant, then announced an extra $228m to double its size…
Under the original deal for extra funding, South Australia was to “reduce reliance” on the Murray by drawing less water from the river once the 100GL plant was fully operational, expected in December. The decision saw the cost blow out from $500m for the smaller option to $2.2bn, when pipe work was included, for the larger plant, with water bills for consumers trebling since 2008 to pay for it.
Five desal plants have been built in Australia. Only Perth’s is used.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/..._desal_plant_mothballed_billions_more_wasted/
but how? al gore said that by now california would of been under water after the south pole melted and 345 million penguins would of be floating on sheets of ice.Article lists 3 things to be done but none of them address the horde of illegal invaders. Kick them out (as the law requires) and the drought problem would be solved overnight.
California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now - LA Times
march 12 2015
As our “wet” season draws to a close, it is clear that the paltry rain and snowfall have done almost nothing to alleviate epic drought conditions. January was the driest in California since record-keeping began in 1895. Groundwater and snowpack levels are at all-time lows.
As difficult as it may be to face, the simple fact is that California is running out of water — and the problem started before our current drought. NASA data reveal that total water storage in California has been in steady decline since at least 2002, when satellite-based monitoring began, although groundwater depletion has been going on since the early 20th century.
Right now the state has only about one year of water supply left in its reservoirs, and our strategic backup supply, groundwater, is rapidly disappearing. California has no contingency plan for a persistent drought like this one (let alone a 20-plus-year mega-drought), except, apparently, staying in emergency mode and praying for rain.
We have ships with desalination plants that could easily pump potable water into distribution systems all along the coast. Need more de-sal water...?...build more floating plants (on seaworthy ships) and move them around as needed.Does California have De SAL plants? If not, they had better get busy.What the problem is....NOT ENOUGH DESALINATION PLANTS. The whole coast is nothing but water. Salt water. WTF that they haven't built more.
Florida is ahead of the game. In fact I think most of Tampa's water comes from the Gulf of Mexico....
There is no excuse for a coastal area that large to have a water problem.....California has never been a good manager of it's resources. The state has engaged in water fights for over a century.
Actually most of those green golf courses are that way because of new strains of turf grasses, reduction in the number of irrigation heads required for efficient watering. Use of well water and the latest thing is use of non potable water which is either treated run off or treated waste water.Personally, my beef is golf courses keep their lawn nice and green so a bunch of rich people can knock a ball from a stick into a hole a mile away. Our farmers need that water to grow crops that feed many states. Fuck the golf courses.
The Penguins were eaten by the sea lions....but how? al gore said that by now california would of been under water after the south pole melted and 345 million penguins would of be floating on sheets of ice.Article lists 3 things to be done but none of them address the horde of illegal invaders. Kick them out (as the law requires) and the drought problem would be solved overnight.
California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now - LA Times
march 12 2015
As our “wet” season draws to a close, it is clear that the paltry rain and snowfall have done almost nothing to alleviate epic drought conditions. January was the driest in California since record-keeping began in 1895. Groundwater and snowpack levels are at all-time lows.
As difficult as it may be to face, the simple fact is that California is running out of water — and the problem started before our current drought. NASA data reveal that total water storage in California has been in steady decline since at least 2002, when satellite-based monitoring began, although groundwater depletion has been going on since the early 20th century.
Right now the state has only about one year of water supply left in its reservoirs, and our strategic backup supply, groundwater, is rapidly disappearing. California has no contingency plan for a persistent drought like this one (let alone a 20-plus-year mega-drought), except, apparently, staying in emergency mode and praying for rain.
Still better than NY'ers moving to other areas, and going on about their pizza. But to my long dead relatives in Vermont, NY'ers had one redeeming feature - their wallets and gullibility.Let's get George Soros to finance a railroad company to transport water from the Mississippi River across the Rockies and charge Californians by the ounce...or build a pipeline from the Great Lakes to the Continental Divide with pumping stations along the way. Take ALL of the gold in California to pay for it.
Either that or sit back and laugh our asses off at the silliest state in the union!
The only bad thing about the failure of California is that the current residents are moving out and infesting other areas.
Some say the post war carpetbaggers were better for the south than cotton...easier to pick clean.Still better than NY'ers moving to other areas, and going on about their pizza. But to my long dead relatives in Vermont, NY'ers had one redeeming feature - their wallets and gullibility.Let's get George Soros to finance a railroad company to transport water from the Mississippi River across the Rockies and charge Californians by the ounce...or build a pipeline from the Great Lakes to the Continental Divide with pumping stations along the way. Take ALL of the gold in California to pay for it.
Either that or sit back and laugh our asses off at the silliest state in the union!
The only bad thing about the failure of California is that the current residents are moving out and infesting other areas.
The Romans used aqueducts.Regardless of who and what....the problem needs to be resolved. Fast.
I'm going to put a new trash can on the other side of the wall where the washer is. Inform the roomies they must use a biodegradable laundry soap from now and use that water for the garden.