According to the NOAA, 2014 precipitation in California was -2.46″ below the 1901-2000 average.
That is Only 11%. What Megadrought? (The real problem is a doubling of population and no big dams built since 1982).
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The CA mega drought is very real. No snow. No snow pack; no runoff water in summer.
76-77 was dry too in terms of snowpack. It recovered.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/snowsurvey_sno/PLOT_SWC
If only someone had built more dams when the population doubled.
No recovery of the snow pack this year.
More dams where? Where is the un-captured outflow? Sacramento or Klamath?
The solution is reduced metropolitan water use and recycling. The real problem is a doubling of the population and the same quantity of water…
Not just population, but also more water intensive Farming.
Add to that poor water management/development, throw in lowere precip and you have a drought
How much water can a desalination plant produce per day, does anyone know?
I just did a google search and here is what I found:
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25859513/nations-largest-ocean-desalination-plant-goes-up-near
After a few days that would make a pretty big pond!
If we build enough desalination plants, thus adding another diversion into the water cycle, we could also help to lower sea levels. No, really!
wink, wink
Nuclear-powered desalination plants!
But then, that would solve the problem….