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Don’t water when it’s raining, San Diegan!
Agriculture uses 80% of the water in CA. All the restrictions on residential use are fairly insignificant - mostly for show.— October 9, 2014 8:52 p.m.
Could ratepayers' day be coming soon?
This is a great example of why emails at public agencies should never be destroyed. You'd think these guys would be slick enough to know better than to send incriminating information in an email but sooner or later they slip up.— October 9, 2014 3:16 p.m.
Could Brown reappoint unpopular Peevey?
The good guys win a round! Great work reporting and keeping the pressure on.— October 9, 2014 3:10 p.m.
Water worry: avocados
Actually, come to think of it maybe this problem is going to get worse before it gets better so I shouldn't be downright wasteful. But I do think that showers and toilets are getting more attention than their potential savings may deserve.— October 6, 2014 10:26 p.m.
Water worry: avocados
I'm still not sure I see why there is all the hysterical fuss over watering lawns and taking shorter showers and using low-flush toilets. If CA is serious about saving water then we won't grow things like almonds and alfalfa. Until I hear that water-intensive crops aren't being grown anymore, I'm going to shower for as long as I feel like without any guilt. Maybe even flush my low-flow toilet an extra time just for fun.— October 6, 2014 8:26 p.m.
Water worry: avocados
That is interesting. They pretty much draw the conclusion that a severe drought won't really be that big a deal because agriculture uses most of the water and agriculture is only a small part of CA's economy. I would tend to agree with their overall conclusion.— October 6, 2014 8:23 p.m.
Appeals court knocks out UCSD student
I wonder who's idea it was for him to fight the original punishment. Was it his idea, or his parents' or his attorney's?— October 5, 2014 7:13 p.m.
Water worry: avocados
I believe there have been some recent law changes regarding rights to ground water. But overall, I feel like water supply / demand is potentially a crisis in CA (maybe already a crisis) which has lacked a serious debate regarding all potential users and supplies. I think we should be hearing a lot about water allocation, water pricing, possibility of restricting certain crops, building desalination plants, building reservoirs, etc. But I think I tend to hear more in the news about how residents need to water less and use more efficient toilets - things which help only a tiny bit for the overall water picture.— October 5, 2014 8:28 a.m.
Appeals court knocks out UCSD student
So the lesson seems to me if you get a reasonable punishment for something you did then don't push your luck fighting for a better deal.— October 4, 2014 9:50 a.m.
Water worry: avocados
Water is clearly getting to be a huge problem in CA. We have been operating too close to the margins without putting enough aside for a (non)rainy day. Agriculture is the biggest user of water in CA so clearly some major thought needs to be put into whether or not the existing legal and physical water arrangements need to be changed. As the article states, some crops such as almonds require a great deal of water - I'm not sure it really makes sense to grow so much water-intensive food in CA. And meanwhile development continues to expand. So we continue to increase water demand, without doing anything to increase supply. In fact, according to many climate models' predictions rainfall will most likely decrease in CA over the next several decades. We can hope that we get lucky and the drought ends sooner rather than later - otherwise the water problem will continue to get worse. The problem doesn't really seem to be getting the attention it deserves.— October 3, 2014 10:28 p.m.