| Historical and Recent Past Period Drought
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| | that pile up each winter, in the
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| Data is very valuable to predicting
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| | un-seasonal winter rainfalls that drench
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| future trends and cycles. By doing this
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| | the mountains instead of snow, and in the
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| we can prepare for crisis by building
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| | speed of the snowmelt during spring.
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| adequate water resources and monitoring
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| | Total precipitation over California
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| our fresh water supplies. It is important
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| | hasn't changed significantly on average
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| to understand all the regional dynamics
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| | over the years, but seasonal variations
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| in order to make good non-linear
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| | between rain and snow show that a
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| decisions to insure our civilization has
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| | significant warming trend is under way.
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| what it needs. This data is from 2002.If
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| | But the population increase has, for
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| you think the US is having problems look
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| | instance look at the LA suburbs,
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| at Mexico although they are getting some
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| | Sacramento, Central Valley of Silicon
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| good and needed rain this week in the
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| | Valley Refugees, San Diego and San
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| interior of the country, it has been
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| | Gabriel Valley, lots of lawns to water
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| quite a problem. This Hurricane season
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| | and mow. Even in the desert cities more
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| has been lighter than anytime in the last
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| | homes, golf courses and lawns, with the
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| 100 years and is not delivering the rain
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| | increasing middle class, which is not
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| it could. As the El Nino cuts of the
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| | paying attention to where stuff like
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| amount of space that the hurricanes can
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| | water really comes from. The annual
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| operate in, it may create a few larger
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| | surveys of mountain snow depths and water
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| systems where tropical depressions
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| | levels of California's major rivers show
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| combine. The earth's supply of freshwater
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| | that before the 1960s runoff in the late
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| for use by humans and natural ecosystems
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| | spring and early summer amounted to a
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| seems to be shrinking by the year.
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| | good 40 percent of the total runoff each
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| One-third of the world's population is
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| | year.Since the mid-1970s in LA, San
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| living in "water stressed" regions in the
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| | Diego, Sacramento and the Bay Area,
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| World. As human population continues to
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| | runoff during the late spring and early
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| grow, so does the demand for more water.
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| | summer has dropped to barely 30 percent
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| It is estimated that by the year 2025
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| | of the annual total, he said. Tracking
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| nearly one-half of the population will be
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| | California's changing climate record for
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| living in "water stressed" regions or
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| | many years. We are finding data that adds
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| countries.The NASA Satellite which sends
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| | to powerful evidence that the warming
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| information on river basins around the
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| | trend is real. However there maybe other
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| world using sophisticated computer models
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| | explanations as well. Some which may be
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| and geographical information systems is
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| | unbelievable. The problem of managing the
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| locating the areas that are most
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| | state's water resources more rationally
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| stressed. Among the most stressed are
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| | in view of the changing climate is urgent
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| China's Yellow River basin, Africa's
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| | now. We need detailed studies to decide
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| Zambeze River basin, the Syr Darya and
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| | what to do. Studies are a lot cheaper
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| Amu Darya River basins leading to
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| | than floods. However I doubt anyone can
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| Russia's Aral Sea and the Colorado River
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| | disagree with the thought of weather
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| basin. These are amongst the first
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| | control research to solve the water
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| serious problems. This research is also
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| | problem for people. Officials of the
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| being used by the World Water Commission;
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| | California Department of Water Resources
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| a government and privately funded
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| | are starting to look at the effects of
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| organization; goal to seek global
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| | climate change as they develop the 2003
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| solutions to water problems. They of
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| | California Water Plan that state law
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| course are using this data to change
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| | requires the department to produce every
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| policy and over exaggerate much of the
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| | five years. As I traveled last month from
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| problems, however at the current rates we
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| | Reno NV to CA Sacramento are I looked at
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| will see significant and unfixable
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| | the Sierra summit and there's no snow
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| problems in these regions without control
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| | pack at all up there, while the major
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| of the actual weather. We must look
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| | reservoirs downstream are full, places
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| towards using the technology we have to
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| | like Folsom Lake, the warming trend
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| control the weather and make it rain
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| | problem is just beginning, but it's
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| every Monday and Thursday night. Water
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| | certainly focusing the water authorities
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| managers are recognizing that our nations
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| | attention.The warming trend poses at
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| water supply must be treated cautiously.
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| | least three increasing dangers: -- Severe
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| With a growing population, erratic dry
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| | lowland flooding as rains in the winter
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| spells, and widespread pollution of our
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| | replace mountain snowfalls; -- Rising sea
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| aquatic environment, water consumption
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| | levels that reach into the Sacramento-San
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| must be watched. The big problem is that
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| | Joaquin River Delta and threaten
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| people still see water as basically free
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| | century-old levees that must protect the
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| and totally unlimited, which if you look
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| | rich croplands; -- The intrusion of salt
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| at the Earth it would appear that way
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| | into Delta waterways that disturbs both
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| judging by the size of the oceans.Things
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| | fisheries and the natural delta ecology
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| are being done to reserve our supply, in
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| | on which farmlands depend. The Department
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| the US we certainly take for granted the
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| | of Water Resources hedges against these
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| fresh water supply. Some communities are
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| | changes by developing a two-year state
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| using surplus water and gray water to
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| | water plan. I have read this and find it
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| replenish underground reservoirs like in
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| | full of farm subsidies and bad data and
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| Tucson AZ, where water naturally
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| | guess by experts similar to the crisis
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| accumulates but is at lower than normal
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| | management team brought in for Y2K, which
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| levels. Scientists are looking at new
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| | never happened, although these are real,
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| technologies to maximize such stores.
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| | right now issues we need to look at the
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| Other ideas range from setting up
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| | past for answers more than trying to
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| commercial markets for water rights to
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| | predict the new future trends. The last
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| forming huge snow piles. Although these
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| | such document in 1998 included forecasts
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| ideas are great locally, and it provides
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| | for the state's water supply and demand
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| local awareness it will do little good.
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| | over the coming 20 years, and provided
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| And there are a couple of Canadian
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| | recommendations for dam building, flood
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| companies that use small ships to go and
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| | control, water management and
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| capture floating icebergs for fresh
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| | conservation measures. Now, the
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| water. California water planners face a
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| | department of water planning is gearing
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| problem they never thought they'd
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| | up to draft the plan for 2003. The City
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| encounter: global warming is hitting the
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| | of Los Angeles water planning dept and
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| High Sierra snow pack. And just how the
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| | other and other experts will offer the
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| planners cope with it could affect every
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| | department's 60-member advisory committee
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| city-dweller, every farmer and every
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| | the latest evidence that the warming
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| water-using industry in the state for
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| | problem could grow steadily worse.The
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| years to come and every car wash.
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| | Water Department has a 60-member advisory
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| Scientists are in broad agreement that
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| | committee made up of "stakeholders" --
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| the world's climate is steadily warming
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| | the people most affected by water
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| and even President Bush and his staff
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| | policies like agricultural water
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| have conceded that we should be looking
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| | districts, urban water departments, food
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| at these issues with more scrutiny--
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| | processing industries and public
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| whether due to "greenhouse gas" emissions
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| | utilities. All provide input for the
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| from industry and automobilesor to
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| | state's water planners. The committee
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| natural variability. is evidence that it
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| | meets every two months or so for the next
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| is already altering the annual ebb and
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| | two years until the final plan is
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| flow of the California state's water
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| | released. future will be all about
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| supplies, of course realizing that liars
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| | sustainability and we must watch that
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| figure and figures lie. It's a matter of
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| | this term is not misused in the future
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| "more rain, less snow," and this is El
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| | for political gain or Liberal Political
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| Nino which will fill up CA reservoirs
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| | gain, which will upset the balance. Wash
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| when they do not need the water and the
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| | guys realize the need to understand the
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| snow pack that comes and fills things up
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| | water supply and where and why it is
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| in the Spring will not come, then La Nina
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| | needed. We have been through droughts in
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| comes and we have another drought in CA,
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| | the past and will in the future. Some
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| it is not going to help us. This happened
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| | people ask where did the Indians go who
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| in 1984 too. California's water supply
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| | inhabited they villages and cities and
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| largely depends on the winter snow pack
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| | temple and structures of the past? I
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| in the high mountains that must feed the
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| | believe they went in search of greener
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| state's lowlands the rest of the year. A
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| | pastures and water. The problem of
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| major change is already evident in the
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| | tomorrow is distribution flow.
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| decreasing depths of the mountain snows
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