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11 trillion gallons of water needed: Will Calif. rains set back water
conservation?
California's drought requires 11 trillion gallons of water to refill the
aquifers depleted by years of droughts, say scientists. Some worry that
recent heavy rains may create the impression the drought has ended.
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press DECEMBER 16, 2014
"Tell them to turn off their damn sprinklers for a week. Tell them I said so
," Patzert said. "We're still in a drought."
The biggest storm so far this season brought up to 5 inches of rain last
Thursday to Southern California, 8 inches in Northern California and 6 feet
of snow in the higher Sierras. Sierra snowpack surged, from just 24 percent
of average at the start of December to 48 percent of normal on Tuesday,
according to the Department of Water Resources.
The snow in the Sierras is all-important, providing the water supply for
more than half of California, said Roger Bales, an expert in hydrology at
the University of California-Merced.
conservation?
California's drought requires 11 trillion gallons of water to refill the
aquifers depleted by years of droughts, say scientists. Some worry that
recent heavy rains may create the impression the drought has ended.
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press DECEMBER 16, 2014
"Tell them to turn off their damn sprinklers for a week. Tell them I said so
," Patzert said. "We're still in a drought."
The biggest storm so far this season brought up to 5 inches of rain last
Thursday to Southern California, 8 inches in Northern California and 6 feet
of snow in the higher Sierras. Sierra snowpack surged, from just 24 percent
of average at the start of December to 48 percent of normal on Tuesday,
according to the Department of Water Resources.
The snow in the Sierras is all-important, providing the water supply for
more than half of California, said Roger Bales, an expert in hydrology at
the University of California-Merced.