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The State of California took an unprecedented move today [June 14] by uniformly restricting water supplies across the entire state. Farms will be most affected, although food prices aren't anticipated to rise in any hurry: imports from out of state continue apace. It's notable that this is a problem Silicon Valley hasn't been helping to solve.
Will this move force some much-needed modernization upon the infrastructure supporting the state's 38 million residents? Or will things continue to be corn, corn, corn for the time being?
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California Orders its Largest Water Cuts in History
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by n1 on Sunday June 14 2015, @09:30PM
I have yet to find any conclusive information on this so maybe someone can be +5 Informative.
Are fracking and other energy/mining companies still exempt from the California water restrictions?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday June 14 2015, @10:25PM
California oil producers used 214 acre-feet of water, equivalent to nearly 70 million gallons, in the process of fracking for oil and gas in the state last year, less than previously projected, state officials told Reuters on Thursday.
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“Hydraulic fracturing uses a relatively small amount of water – the equivalent of 514 households annually,” said Steven Bohlen, the state oil and gas supervisor.
About 100,000 gallons of water is used on average, he said.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by kaszz on Sunday June 14 2015, @11:22PM
The question is perhaps how many water supplies they wreck by fracking..
(Score: 2) by soylentsandor on Tuesday June 16 2015, @07:26PM
Could that be because fracking has been largely unsuccessful [wikipedia.org] in California?