There’s only so many acre-feet of water jargon the public can absorb during a drought. Here’s a primer that avoids wading into cubic-feet-per-second, appropriative water rights, overdraft, conjunctive water use and the like.
Further reading
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Hanak, et al. 2011, Managing California’s Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation, Public Policy Institute of California
You are having alltogether too much fun! Thank you.
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What is missing is a Flows to the Sea at LA.
I thought about a “Pee to the Sea” flow from Southern California, but decided this would be too rude. Pundit wisdom these days holds that this will eventually be treated for reuse anyway.
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Finally, something even us knuckleheads can understand about the “mega, worst ever, really, really bad” drought!
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