New 27-Strategy California Water Plan: Comparing Current Drought to 1977 doesn’t Account for 75% Population Increase (Craig Miller, KQEDClimateWatch)
Jan.13, 2009 in
Drought, Public Works, Water Conservation, Water Crisis, Water Industry, Water Management, Water Rates, Water Rights, Water Technology
(Jan. 12, 2009, KQED’s Climate Watch)
California’s Dept. of Water Resources has issued a new gameplan for managing the state’s precarious water supply. DWR calls its draft California Water Plan “a new chapter in the way California must manage her water resources,” warning that “the system has lost its reslience.”
The agency appears to fully recognize the impact of climate change in assessing the challenges ahead. In its conclusion, the draft plan says:
“Population is growing while available water supplies are static and even decreasing. Climate change, as evidenced by changes in snowpack, river flows and sea levels, is profoundly impacting our water resources.”
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