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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Mar-2021 17:05:50 EST GeniusMusing
   California’s snowpack signals another dry year, prompting calls to save water California | The Guardian
   https://nu.federati.net/url/280039
   
   >Water resources officials found that the snowpack, which supplies a third of the state’s water each year, had a water content of just 61% of average
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   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Mar-2021 08:31:49 EST lnxw48a1

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      @geniusmusing They only restrict consumer-facing uses, while the farm industry continues to use around 90% of #California’s water and industrial uses take 8-9%.
      
      The water industry has known for decades that our estimates of “normal” are based on a particular high-precipitation period, and that desalinization is the only way to sustain the current usage levels and population.