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On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:08 -0700, jps wrote:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5843534.html


I have been saying for a long time that we will run out of water long
before we run out of oil.
California is one of the best examples. They have taken a some of the
biggest rivers in the US and turned them into mud holes.
It is not the only one tho, What they are doing to Ogalalla aquifer
might actually be harder to fix. That is not simply overusing snow
melt, they are pumping down fossil water that will take thousands of
years to replace.

No buffaloes to recharge the Oglala aquifer. Was the buffalo wallows that
broke through the hard pan so the water went in to the ground. Here in
California they finally changed the law on pumping ground water. About 3
weeks ago. We have subsidence of a foot a year in parts of the Central
Valley. Fresno has some areas of 30 feet subsidence. 80% of our water
goes to agriculture. And if you had water claim before 1913 you get all
the water in the river or area. Downriver has no right to it. 1908, the
mayor of Los Angeles nailed hand written signs to the trees on the southern
Sierra claiming the water. Why they have dewatered the Owens Valley, and
Mammoth lakes area. And AG is planting more almond orchards. One of the
thirstiest crops to grow. Even more than cotton and alfalfa.