April 16, 201511 yr Climate change -- some say man-made -- has resulted in significant water shortages in western states. California's problems have been in the news recently, and now similar is occurring along the Rio Grande. (Link below.) How will this growing story impact the 2016 presidential election? Drought shrivels Rio Grande, altering a region - Houston Chronicle 'Man-made disaster': Critics say California drought caused by misguided environment policies | Fox News
April 16, 201511 yr Author Just another result of liberal leadership... Your gripe falls flat because same is now occurring in heavily Republican Texas along the Rio Not-So Grande. Mother Nature doesn't really have a political preference when it comes to drought.
April 20, 201511 yr I saw somewhere that the biggest issue is that up in the mountains in CA they are not getting the snowfall like they did, and it is leading to the shortage. Or in the Rockies as well as much water comes via the Colorado River. The business opportunity is construction of desalination plants which are popping up all over the west coast.
April 21, 201511 yr Over-population, people need to quit going to the far west. Edited April 22, 201511 yr by Colonels_Wear_Blue Capitalization
April 22, 201511 yr I am so torn on this issue right now. Conservative articles like this (California Dumps a Trillion Gallons of Fresh Water in the Ocean; Declares Water Shortage) make me shake my head. It is a Water Right's issue, and I don't know California's laws about it well enough. I believe it is something like this: if I own 1 acre of land, I also own all of the water beneath that acre. I have the right to choose what I do with that water, but I am responsible for not decreasing the quantity or quality of it. I am normally against government intervention, but in this case it appears that this is an issue with the general welfare of the American people. So, by the Constitution, it would be okay for the government to do something. The only problem is that they don't know what they're doing...
April 22, 201511 yr Too many people living in desert areas. Not natural. This. They've converted very dry areas into artificial oases. Then environmentalists need to shut down LA.
April 22, 201511 yr Traveled for 7 months to San Jose area. Never saw one drop of rain during that time. Local noted that its naturally a desert - which you can see when you fly in.
April 22, 201511 yr I spent 4 years in CA while in the Army. We have had more precipitation here around the house since the first of the year than I saw in my 4 years total there. Truth be known there has been a water shortage in CA for years...it's just that now coupled with this massive drought there is no ignoring it, and they aren't getting bailed out by snow runoff, since very little snow this year. As said above, you can't stick millions of people in a place designed to naturally support maybe a few hundred thousand and not expect there to be trouble at some point in time.
April 22, 201511 yr Why havent they just used water from the ocean? I mean ocean levels are rising right? I know you have to pump the water everywhere but hello, big pool of water to your left.
April 24, 201511 yr Why havent they just used water from the ocean? I mean ocean levels are rising right? I know you have to pump the water everywhere but hello, big pool of water to your left. Has to be desalinated. Not sure what California's capacity for that process is in terms of how many gallons can be produced monthly.
April 24, 201511 yr Too many people living in desert areas. Not natural. World Population Clock: 7 Billion People (2015) - Worldometers
April 24, 201511 yr World Population Clock: 7 Billion People (2015) - Worldometers I've used this in my class
April 24, 201511 yr Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl don't they warn ya It pours, man it pours I remember that from when I was a kid. (Paleozoic Era)
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