Water shortages for San Diego a real possibility
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 30, 2007 at 1:24 pmMonday, April 30, 2007
VoiceofSanDiego.org
By Rob Davis
San Diego’s two largest water sources — the Colorado River and the Sierra Nevada range — are at their lowest levels in decades, raising concerns that the arid region may face water shortages as soon as next year.
The Colorado River is enduring its eighth year of drought, and the winter snow that blanketed the Sierras contains just 40 percent of the water content it typically does. San Diego County relied on the two sources for 78 percent of its fresh drinking water last year. The region, in recent years, has had to import up to 95 percent of its water a year from those two sources.
The prolonged drought on the Colorado — the worst in a century — is not news to water agencies. But the state Department of Water Resources is now reporting that the water stored in the Sierras is at its lowest level since 1988. If next year’s winter is similarly dry, water shortages could follow.
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