Stuart, you're mistaken about where water for the Central Valley comes from - it's water from northern California. But you're absolutely correct about the picture for the future as the drought continues to grow.
"Central Valley Project In the 1930s, the federal government got involved, building the Central Valley Project (CVP) to suppor…
Stuart, you're mistaken about where water for the Central Valley comes from - it's water from northern California. But you're absolutely correct about the picture for the future as the drought continues to grow.
"Central Valley Project In the 1930s, the federal government got involved, building the Central Valley Project (CVP) to support the arid but fertile Central Valley and its agricultural economy. Built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the CVP transports water from Lake Shasta in the north to Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley."
Colorado River water is pumped over the southern mountains to the Metropolitan Water District (LA) whence it's distributed to subsidiary members and other regions which pay the Met for water sent to them (such as San Diego). https://water.ca.gov/Water-Basics/The-California-Water-System
Judith, many thanks for the correction of my geography, my climatolgy and its effect on human settlement and agricultural production stands however for the rgions for which you have applied it.
You're welcome. I'm more informed than the average Californian because I took up the offer of two multi-day tours operated in partnership with the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) and the SD County Water Authority. One is a tour along the State Water Project from Oroville Dam south past the Sacramento Delta and various reservoirs en route, 3 days/2 nts, in 2008 when there also was a severe drought and Lake Oroville had a huge 'bathtub ring' though not as great as today's. We flew to Sacramento, bus up to Oroville Dam then south to fly home from San Jose. The other was along the Colorado River from Hoover Dam and back to San Diego in 2014, again 3 days/2 nts, by bus (after flight to Las Vegas). Both were eye-opening.
Stuart, you're mistaken about where water for the Central Valley comes from - it's water from northern California. But you're absolutely correct about the picture for the future as the drought continues to grow.
"Central Valley Project In the 1930s, the federal government got involved, building the Central Valley Project (CVP) to support the arid but fertile Central Valley and its agricultural economy. Built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the CVP transports water from Lake Shasta in the north to Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley."
Colorado River water is pumped over the southern mountains to the Metropolitan Water District (LA) whence it's distributed to subsidiary members and other regions which pay the Met for water sent to them (such as San Diego). https://water.ca.gov/Water-Basics/The-California-Water-System
Judith, many thanks for the correction of my geography, my climatolgy and its effect on human settlement and agricultural production stands however for the rgions for which you have applied it.
You're welcome. I'm more informed than the average Californian because I took up the offer of two multi-day tours operated in partnership with the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) and the SD County Water Authority. One is a tour along the State Water Project from Oroville Dam south past the Sacramento Delta and various reservoirs en route, 3 days/2 nts, in 2008 when there also was a severe drought and Lake Oroville had a huge 'bathtub ring' though not as great as today's. We flew to Sacramento, bus up to Oroville Dam then south to fly home from San Jose. The other was along the Colorado River from Hoover Dam and back to San Diego in 2014, again 3 days/2 nts, by bus (after flight to Las Vegas). Both were eye-opening.
What percent of the Colorado River hits the Pacific Ocean? 0%
Tiny fractions and not consistently. This 2019 article is informative but the reality is changing rapidly despite a 2021 "pulse flow" that began on May 1 to continue into October. We'll see... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/21/the-lost-river-mexicans-fight-for-mighty-waterway-taken-by-the-us