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    . . . California is the most productive agricultural state in the union, and agriculture uses 80 percent of California’s water. . .

    . . . California is the nation’s leading producer of almonds, avocados, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, grapes, lettuce, milk, onions, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, walnuts, and dozens of other commodities, according to a 2012 Department of Agriculture report (PDF). . .


    . . . The state produces one-third of our vegetables and two-thirds of our nuts and fruits each year. While fields in iconic agricultural states like Iowa, Kansas, and Texas primarily produce grain (most of which is used to fatten animals), pretty much everything you think of as actual food is grown in California. Simply put: We can’t eat without California. . .

    . . . It Takes 74 Gallons Of Water to Grow A Single Pound Of Avocados . . .

    The Thirsty West: 10 Percent of California’s Water Goes to Almond Farming
    California almonds use a stunning 1.1 trillion gallons of water each year,
    almonds are also the state’s most lucrative exported agricultural product, with California producing 80 percent of the world’s supply. . . .


    . . . Alfalfa hay requires even more water, about 15 percent of the state’s supply. . .


    . . . More than 30 percent of California’s agricultural water use either directly or indirectly supports growing animals for food. . .


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    Historic Water Bill Passes, Promising Relief to Central Valley


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    by JOEL B. POLLAK
    11 Dec 2016

    The Senate overcame a filibuster effort by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) early Saturday morning, bringing relief to farmers in the Central Valley — and potential lawsuits by environmental groups.

    The final bill passed 78-21, aided in part by provisions that allocate $170 million for water projects in Flint, Michigan, where contaminated drinking water from the local river had created a local health crisis and a presidential campaign issue.

    Boxer had vowed to block the bill, which contains a rider that will increase the ability of state and federal water regulators to pump water to California farmers, now suffering through a sixth year of drought. Instead, she relented and merely voted against it, in one of her last acts before retirement.

    The rider was negotiated by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). In a rare split from her fellow Californian and liberal Democrat, Boxer blasted the rider in a speech from the Senate floor Friday.

    “You take a beautiful bill like WRDA … and then you put a pile of dirt on top of it, which I call the McCarthy rider, and then you stick a little Maraschino cherry on top, which is Flint and a couple of other good things,” Boxer said in her speech, as quoted by the Detroit News. “And then you say, OK, eat the dirt.”

    The Sacramento Bee also quoted her as saying: “It’s going to result in pain and suffering among our fishing families … It’s ugly, and it’s wrong, and it’s going to end up at the courthouse door.”

    The Bee also notes the historic nature of the bill:

    All sides agree the California water package marks the biggest federal shift in the state’s water use since the 1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, which focused more on protecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Farmers hated the CVPIA but, in a mirror image of this year’s water bill, it was included in a bigger package that rolled right over one of the state’s protesting senators.

    The Republican senator who was left standing alone in fighting the 1992 bill, John Seymour, was subsequently defeated by Feinstein. One of the other big losers in that earlier legislative fight, the Westlands Water District, is among the victors in this year’s bill, after spending more than $1 million on lobbying in the last two years.

    The Natural Resources Defense Council — which sued a decade ago to protect the Delta smelt, leading to additional federal water restrictions — opposed the WRDA, saying last week that it “would threaten thousands of fishing jobs on the West Coast and harm water quality.”

    The bill could still be vetoed by President Barack Obama.

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    1,200 square mile sinkhole still growing

    because of groundwater pumping.
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    There is a water crisis coming to all of the west.

    I have seen the water marks on Lake Mead and it gives you chills.
    What really gives me chills, is to visit an upscale, (several million dollar homes) gated community that has at least a hundred acres of common area. It looked like a tropical rain forest. Each house had a couple of acre lots, that were just unbelievable. All through this development meandered an 27 hole golf course - all green and plush. This in a desert state.

    These kinds of people bemoan the loss of the rain forest - rightfully so. They obsess over endangered species - rightfully so. I don't believe anyone could make them see their wastefulness is part of the problem.

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    California has a drought.


    drought
    drout/
    noun


    • a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
      synonyms: dry spell, lack of rain, shortage of water"this year's drought was devastating to cotton growers"

      • a prolonged absence of something specified.
        "he ended a five-game hitting drought"

      • thirst.

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