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Eh. Water scarcity has been a way of life for Southern California for quite a while now. I think the internet tends to magnify things (not downplaying how bad t
by eclipxe 12y ago
Eh. Water scarcity has been a way of life for Southern California for quite a while now. I think the internet tends to magnify things (not downplaying how bad things are), but we've been through this before. Growing up in So Cal, every 5-7 years we would deal with a massive drought, fear, uncertainty, desalination, etc etc. Then a huge rainy season, floods, etc, rinse and repeat.
I think the recent drought is definitely worst than normal, but it is something that we will deal with and "moving out as soon as possible" isn't really an option.
- nathanaldensr 12y agoThe aqueducts that farmers are tapping into now take /millenia/ to recharge. This is not your standard couple-hundred-foot backyard well; these are /two-thousand foot wells/ dug to the lowest aqueducts just above the bedrock. Once they are tapped out, that water's gone for virtually ever. If the material in the aqueducts is clay, the clay will compact, removing its ability to hold water /forever/. Rainwater only replenishes the aqueducts nearest the surface, and even then, not at a necessarily rapid pace, especially if wells are tapping into those aqueducts.