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No water problem — it's a no-water problem
Aye, lassie, 'tis true--but common.— June 5, 2015 9:17 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
I suggested a TEAM effort, with VOLUNTEERS. I've lost count of the inquires I've made. Have you kept track of yours? Can I hold you to that "don't do water stories" promise? It's not "grunt" work, it just takes a lot of time, and time is of the essence. You're always welcome on the team.— June 5, 2015 8:43 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
Some canals are apparently (Google Map measurement) more than 200 feet across and some are more than 100 feet. The average annual water loss to evaporation alone is over 4.5 feet in the Central Valley. But let's stick to the 80-foot average until/if we learn different and figure the water savings for a mile of 80 foot canal. That's about 43.6+ acre-feet per year, or over three million gallons per year, per mile of 80-foot wide canal. 400 miles would be around one billion, two hundred, sixty-four million gallons. Not that this paltry amount would offset the huge cost of covering the canals, but that value would have to be included in any cost:benefit study. Further, I suspect that the CIMIS values might be conservative due to the difference between the real world of the canals and the measurement methodology. The real evaporation loss might be as much as double or more . . .— June 5, 2015 8:30 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
I thinks that's "whom."— June 5, 2015 7:12 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
Go get 'em! I ain't got the talent obfeosly!— June 5, 2015 7:11 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
RE: " dwbat June 5, 2015 @ 4:20 p.m. Cutting back on usage for starters. Doing away with lawns. If people switched to newer toilets, that would save a lot of water right there. Don't run the dishwasher until it's full. Don't run the faucet while shaving. " Maybe doing away with all irrigated landscaping? How about switching to composting toilets? How about prohibiting diswashers? How about not shaving? Which would conserve the most, drying up the biggest water users like California Bank and Trust's huge ornamental lawn at 32.873029, -117.213672 on the Google map, or the little lawns that kids play on? What if everybody was allowed only as much as they actually need, based on the size of their property and their location on the CIMIS ECo map at http://wwwcimis.water.ca.gov/App_Themes/images/et… ?— June 5, 2015 7:08 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
Hey, I tink youse is right--unless it wuz a pun. Eggscept in Brooklyn. Anyway, tanks f' the edit!— June 5, 2015 6:53 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
Oh, I forgot to ask. Just what IS California doing to "solve" its water crisis?— June 5, 2015 3:03 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
True, but we do not do these thinks because they are easy; we do them because they are hard (Thanks to John F. Kennedy or his speechwriter.) Yes, it is a political problem, and will probably require legislation to fix. Good legislation won't get passed the first time, and it may take a long time and too much compromise to fix. But context is everything, and context is in a constant state of flux. However, the chickens are coming home to roost very fast, and an earth-shaking shift in context (public opinion, etc.) may be great enough to accelerate the process. True, but we do not do these thinks because they are easy; we do them because they are hard (Thanks to John F. Kennedy or his speechwriter.) Yes, it is a political problem, and will probably require legislation to fix. Good legislation won't get passed the first time, and it may take a long time and too much compromise to fix. But context is everything, and context is in a constant state of flux. However, the chickens are coming home to roost very fast, and an earth-shaking shift in context (public opinion, etc.) may be great enough to accelerate the process. Still, “chance favors a prepared mind” (Pasteur) and there’s a lot of preparation to do.— June 5, 2015 2:57 p.m.
No water problem — it's a no-water problem
Well stated. Since we have you, perhaps we don't need a team. But should you wish to direct others to accelerate the process, you could post requests for assistance here. It the team approach doesn't work here, maybe we should move it on over to Bauder's blog, which has a running start on peppering opinion with facts and logic. A kind of self-filtering process. I have held out hope that the "blogosphere" would one day sort itself out on the basis of quality, but unfortunately, some of the "highest" forms still devolve into presumptuous popoffery whilst eschewing facts and logic.— June 5, 2015 2:44 p.m.