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hobbit709

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8. Adopting less wasteful crop watering would help a lot.

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 10:35 AM

Mar 2015

Or less water intensive crops in some areas.. Here in TX there are rice farmers complaining about not getting enough water to grow rice in an area that averages just over 30 inches of rain a year.
Anyone that tries to grow rice in a semi-desert is an idiot.

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I may be over-simplifying this but (re: Water Shortages) [View all] maxrandb Mar 2015 OP

If they can build this for oil, they could build on for water. panader0 Mar 2015 #1

I don't think that this could be done for the needed amounts of water. drm604 Mar 2015 #7

As long as we are smart and build the reserve somewhere up North.. snooper2 Mar 2015 #2

LOL< NM_Birder Mar 2015 #12

Good one!!! n/t Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #19

That snow is so dirty that it would be be very expensive to purify. hack89 Mar 2015 #3

Understood maxrandb Mar 2015 #5

Who would pay for it? hack89 Mar 2015 #6

I believe the 1% maxrandb Mar 2015 #10

If I am not mistaken that is why the dams in the west were built in the first place but not there jwirr Mar 2015 #13

"Damns"?! KamaAina Mar 2015 #21

LOL Did not look at what I was typing. jwirr Mar 2015 #24

That would be too logical for Republicans to get a handle on. world wide wally Mar 2015 #4

Adopting less wasteful crop watering would help a lot. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #8

Absolutely - land useage is an important factor in this. jwirr Mar 2015 #14

Thank you. KamaAina Mar 2015 #22

some thoughts DetlefK Mar 2015 #9

Spent some time in the San Jaquin Valley maxrandb Mar 2015 #11

No one is disputing what a marvelous thing they did but the climate has changed all across the jwirr Mar 2015 #15

Haven't they reduced the flow to the west side B2G Mar 2015 #20

Global warming and climate change is relentless. hunter Mar 2015 #16

"Reduce" comes first on the strategies for surviving climate change GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #17

The problem with water in Cal, is the public financing of the welfare queen agriculture industry. greatlaurel Mar 2015 #18

Thanks. Very informative articles maxrandb Mar 2015 #23