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BM09 t1_j42xgmr wrote

I figured that would happen.

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Th3Dinkster t1_j433vd5 wrote

Yay they drought is solved guys! California is under water now!

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PM_ur_Rump t1_j4353hc wrote

It's nice for plants this season, but doesn't magically replenish the aquifers and such that took many, many years to fill.

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jezra t1_j43688k wrote

from the article: "However, the extreme influx of moisture was contained to west of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which does little to alleviate the dwindling water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell"

Yes, the changing of the drought status in California does not change the drought status of reservoirs that are not in California.

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UpsideGown t1_j43lgw3 wrote

There's just no pleasing some people...

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Kushthulu_the_Dank t1_j43q7mv wrote

Drought status still persists because water and snowpack reserves remain low. The extreme drought impacts have been temporarily alleviated but make no mistake, the drought never left.

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The_Noble_Oak t1_j43zy7v wrote

The problem is it's too much at once, the ground is so saturated that the rest is just running off instead of sinking into the ground where we need it. But hey climate change gonna climate change.

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Pomegranate_36 t1_j4414op wrote

I wonder if crops could adapt to half a year of rain and half a year of drought.. if that's what climate change will bring us.

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Pomegranate_36 t1_j441le7 wrote

A few more weeks of rain and people will wish back the drought..

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GlitteringEarth_ t1_j4482bw wrote

These poor homeowners. If it’s not fires, it’s floods. Dang!

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Stile2112 t1_j44zqtf wrote

No worries... California's have a short memory and will be back to wasting water in no time.

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Andrewop t1_j44zr5f wrote

Why can’t we make more reservoirs or water infrastructure to retain more of the water without relying on aquifers?

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BadMedAdvice t1_j453l1q wrote

Replying to Sea-Spray5150 (#1,346,455)

So, Utah & Colorado. Basically, everything upstream of Lake Powell. Lake Mead seems to get the most attention. But if Powell goes dry, Mead is on a timer. If Mead goes dry... Well, life will be different.

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Rosemonk t1_j455059 wrote

Also PGE will probably continue to raise the cost of water due to some of their infrastructure failures that we will all have to pay to fix. Their monopoly is insane.

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gofundyourself007 t1_j45c7nj wrote

The water will likely mostly flow back into the ocean since dry soil absorbs less water for some reason.

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IzzytheMelody t1_j45g5x3 wrote

And 5 months later "WILDFIRES, DROUGHTS OH GOD ITS ALL ON FIRE AGAIN AAAAAAA", like clockwork.

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416Mike t1_j45lqdh wrote

This is uplifting news? Sounds more like ironic and troubling news.

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Hawk---- t1_j45t4ae wrote

Replying to Sea-Spray5150 (#1,346,455)

Or maybe stop massively overdrawing from the river instead?

People like to go on about how the river needs rain as though the problem is just a lack of rain, all while ignoring the fact the US has a massive problem with the way it supplies water and where it draws it from.

Yes, the lack of rain is an issue. But it's not the cause. The cause is the overdrawing of water from strained sources that can't sustain the demand, even if the drought was broken.

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Toffeechu t1_j45xx7l wrote

All that means is fire season 2023 will be ROUGH this next round with vegetation getting a spring growth spurt courtesy of the storms and then drying out in the persisting Severe Drought conditions. So much new tinder to catch sparks..

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Nezevonti t1_j461grg wrote

Replying to kynthrus (#1,348,730)

That's why most flood prevention and permaculture focus on holding as much of the water as you can. Be it in ponds, dugouts or in floodplains or specialty built reservoirs.

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rt_taxing t1_j46z80n wrote

Stop Almond Farming in California and increase reservoir capacity.

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IMOaTravesty t1_j47166s wrote

Replying to Toffeechu (#1,349,275)

Few understand this. If you live in SoCal you'll understand this. Unless we get a solid flow over the next few months, Santa Ana winds will wreck havoc after the fire season will be rough.

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erleichda70- t1_j471pe5 wrote

Not how drought works. Rain events don't negate years of damage, often the flooding because of that damage is worse.

Its not a scoreboard, it is ecosystems.

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Axiled t1_j473665 wrote

Replying to jbouser_99 (#1,351,604)

Looks like it would need more examination into what causes the overdrawing...

For example: grass yards require a lot of water... is that really necessary? How much can be saved here?
Agriculture generally gets a lot of water allotment. Are there methods of farming that reduce water needs? How can that be encouraged? Are there different crops that use less that can be farmed instead?

There are ways to address overdrawing, some are cultural and some need a lot more context of the area that is overdrawing.

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CephalopodOverlord t1_j473jkp wrote

Replying to Rosemonk (#1,348,085)

Californian here. pG&E is so bad, and it gets so much worse in rural areas. Our infrastructure just needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, it’s not working. With climate change and forest mismanagement as well, we can’t just continue on thinking that this is normal. Between fires and floods, I don’t see how it’s sustainable to just think that rolling blackouts and outages that last weeks to months is safe or healthy.

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CephalopodOverlord t1_j473wzv wrote

Replying to Toffeechu (#1,349,275)

Not to mention or relative lack of forest management in rural areas. I’m originally from the mountains in central cali, and my father is a wildland captain. There’s so little being done to actually address the issues that will make our fire seasons so bad, mostly due to bureaucracy and outside lobbying.

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Dartagnan1083 t1_j47cucc wrote

Replying to smuggled_bread (#1,349,786)

🐘Why would the Lord protect California?! News Flash!!! He wouldn't!!! This was clearly the work of Soros funded reptile immigrants and Jews seeking to steal water from Texas and the Mississippi.

/s...maybe misplaced, drought is a global crisis.

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TheNextBattalion t1_j47czw9 wrote

Who needs rivers in the ground when you can have them in the sky

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baseballdnd t1_j47q2n4 wrote

And fixed... haha. Now it's just total drought and not extreme anymore.

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rrfe t1_j483wnh wrote

Replying to brett1081 (#1,351,780)

Whenever there’s a water crisis anywhere, and the residential usage is published, it’s usually quite small relative to agriculture. What percentage of its overall water supply does Phoenix use?

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[deleted] t1_j49v0sa wrote

Replying to Axiled (#1,351,796)

The issue for farming near the Colorado river is if a farmer doesn't use all of their water allotment they lose it. A lot of farmers in AZ grow water intensive crops because of this. The issue isn't the farming, we already know how to grow low water crops, it's the laws and bureaucracy around it that prevents any sort of change.

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DamonFields t1_j4dcamh wrote

The depleted aquifers will take several years of this to recharge.

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