Preliminary Water Report

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Final Document Due Out Soon

POSTED: 5:57 am PDT October 19, 2007
UPDATED: 1:15 pm PDT October 19, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More dams and water storage should be built and other ways should be found to protect the Delta, a report from a task force created by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said.

The report also said that water delivery to Southern California from the Delta should not take priority over the wildlife living in the Delta.

Phil Isenberg, a former Sacramento mayor and current task force chairman, said many people thought there was an endless supply of water when there really is not.

A final report is expected to come out next month.

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I wish more info like this got out there..
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This is from a UC study on sustainable agriculture:

"They note that the water-intensive crops alfalfa, cotton, rice, and irrigated pasture now consume 54 percent of all agricultural water used, yet produce only 17 percent of the state's agricultural revenue."

Agriculture uses 80% of the water in CA, and these four crops use 54% of that, or 43% of all of the water used in CA, with a minimal return.

http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/NEWSLTR/v8n1/sa-13.htm
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This paper claims NO dams need to be built...