Background:

Reasons for Insecurity:

Spatial Imbalance - 3/4 of demand comes from the south - most rain falls in the north
State Water Project - 20 dams and reservoirs irrigating 0.3 million hectares of farmland, providing drinking water for 20 million people
Central Valley Project - 22 dams and reservoirs irrigating 0.2 million hectares of farmland, providing drinking water for 2 million people
Colarado River - 11 dams and reservoirs irrigating 1.4 million hectares of farmland, providing drinking water for 25 million people
Rainfall declining since the 1980s
Uses 90 billion gallons a year to water 900 golf courses
5.3 million acre-feet of water to irrigate pasture for beef herds

	Erstellt von Caitlyn Grayston vor mehr als 7 Jahre

A-Level Geography (A Level Water Conflicts) Notiz am California, erstellt von Caitlyn Grayston am 31/05/2017.