Sparse rainfall for the second straight year prompted Gov. Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger today to declare a drought in California and implore state and local water...
PERRIS, Calif. - As California faces one of its worst droughts in two decades, building projects are being curtailed for the first time under state law by the inability of developers to find long-term water supplies.
Lord Stern, the World Bank's former chief economist, said governments had been slow to accept the awful truth that usable water is running out. Fresh rainfall is not enough to refill the underground water tables. "Water is not a renewable resource. ...
News Source: San Bernadino County Sun
| about 1 year ago
Local water wholesale and retail representatives weren't surprised by Schwarzenegger's decision. Coupled with the largest court-ordered restrictions on water transfers in state history, the governor and top water officials said residents and water...
News Source: Rocky Mount Telegram
| about 1 year ago
Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and a court-ordered restriction on water transfers. Schwarzenegger warned that residents and water managers must...
ov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared Wednesday that California is in a drought, a move that included no immediate conservation orders but may lead to more aggressive water-saving efforts in many parts of the state. Water experts said the declaration...
Shock waves also could spread throughout the local economy, experts say...Many growers on the Valley's west side will be shopping for extra water. Many will be pumping water from the ground and lowering the underground water table. In the region's...
LA Daily News has long been encouraging voluntary conservation programs, but the drought situation has become so serious that L.A. must demand conservation. "Some people have joined the effort and others have not," the mayor said. "We have to take...
David McNew / Getty Images The governor stopped short of declaring a water emergency. Administration officials say today's move is a first step, intended to put Californians on notice that rationing could be coming if the situation does not improve...
MDT California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared Wednesday that the most populous U.S. state is in a drought after two years of drier-than-normal weather and court-ordered irrigation restrictions. The declaration issued by Schwarzenegger calls for...
Gov. Schwarzenegger proclaimed a statewide drought Wednesday after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and the largest court-ordered restrictions on water transfers in state history. The governor's action comes almost a week...
It’s the first official drought declaration for the Golden State in 17 years. Schwarzenegger has threatened water rationing to protect the state’s $32 billion agriculture industry. Its reservoir levels receding and its grounds parched, California...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
David McNew/Getty Images A farm near Bakersfield has been put up for sale for commercial development. There is tension between city residents and farmers, who consume most of California's water...Mr. Schwarzenegger also said he would ask the federal...
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