RESULTS: If the above water reduction is met
with forced 50% reduction in water demand in California’s Central Valley
in what are dry years, then current agricultural demands would experience
a 730 thousand acre feet. short fall or 23% less than is needed, in spite
of the mandatory reduction. The associated current metropolitan and
industrial (MI) demand will exceed what is available by 17%. Population
growth in the central valley is projected at approximately 8 million in
the next 20 years. The increased water demand of this growth and projected
supply reduction are on a collision course. This is a bleak economic
picture for California’s future.
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