Why should we be concerned about water consumption in California?

Here’s a fact for you: about 75% of the water in California is from Northern California, and about 75% of the people live in Southern California. This creates a problem of transporting the water. Most of southern California is pretty dry, but they need a lot of water; and with transporting water, you inevitable lose some (through evaporation and such), so to make up for people should consume less water.

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Water that had previously been available to us from the Colorado river is now being claimed by other states. Water from snow melt is becoming less reliable due to climate change. Underground aquifers may not always be replentished because urban and agricultural uses are drawing too much from the system.

And cities are still emerging and expanding, although the rules have changed, for the most part. You have to ensure a reliable water supply. Some developments are being turned away or downsized.

Conservation can be voluntary, unless it’s not working, at which point the cost will skyrocket and/or measures will be imposed. I’d rather try to conserve voluntarily myself.

I think the sites below will help you a lot.

http://www.ranchowater.com/files/news/Fa…
http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/
http://www.pcl.org/legislation/AB2153Fac…
http://www.acwa.com/issues/general_water…

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Most of So.Cals water is taken from the Sacramento Delta. As CA population increases, more is bypassed from the delta. Certain fish species are delining at an alarming rate.
Check out this link.

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/…

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