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Re: What's Going On In the San Joaquin Valley?
Author: H.T. Woo
Date: 09-12-2014 - 18:24
From California Water Blog:
Whereas agriculture used to consume 80 percent of the state’s water supply, today 46 percent of captured and stored water goes to environmental purposes, such as rebuilding wetlands. Meanwhile 43 percent goes to farming and 11 percent to municipal uses.
— The Economist, October 2009
With the growth in population in the past fifteen years, municipal use percentage is probably higher.
BTW, Pot uses a hell of a lot of water, and water thieves are a now significant problem.
Whereas agriculture used to consume 80 percent of the state’s water supply, today 46 percent of captured and stored water goes to environmental purposes, such as rebuilding wetlands. Meanwhile 43 percent goes to farming and 11 percent to municipal uses.
— The Economist, October 2009
With the growth in population in the past fifteen years, municipal use percentage is probably higher.
BTW, Pot uses a hell of a lot of water, and water thieves are a now significant problem.
