Drought Essay

Yayi Ruan Dr. Fiegel CE111-01 14 October 2015 The California Drought and Livelihood Resilience Drought is the most serious complication in California now. There are so many reason drive California into a droughty situation, for instance, deficiency of snowpack, scarcity of rainfall, high temperature, and paucity of underground water. I calculated my daily water use, according to Vigil, “1.6 gallons per flush for toilets, 2.5 gallon per minute for shower heads, and 2.2 gallon per minute for…

The California Drought and Livelihood Resilience Drought is the most serious complication in California now. There are so many reason drive California into a drought situation, for instance, deficiency of snowpack, scarcity of rainfall, high temperature, and paucity of underground water. High temperature evaporates the snowpack and underground water, thus water decreases. River dries up and the water level continues to decline. The lawns are dry, and the cows and goats face for lack of grass to…

insect outbreaks and drought. First of all, global warming is…

It’s well noted that the current drought in California has been recorded as the driest period in the state's rainfall history. Farmers have been losing their jobs because their crops wont grow due to the lack of rainwater in California. This drought means that the farmers can’t rely on surface water, so the farmers that haven’t lost their jobs are resorting to their last option, drilling deeper underground for more water sources. Two decades ago wells were usually about a couple hundred feet,…

The drought, a problem that has gradually increased in severity over recent years. This problem has caused a small amount of discomfort for the growingly dissatisfied californians. With both state and county wide water consumption regulations gradually being put in place, like 30 million in rebates to update to more water conscious toiletry and turf. With few applicable solutions to this problem, many californians have started to ask themselves “when can I put my sprinklers back on”. However the…

I found Dr. Kurt Schwabe talk on water conservation to be very insightful. The drought is a hot topic all throughout California right now and Dr. Schwabe presented a new perspective that I had not heard before. I occasionally read literature on California drought, so I had some knowledge on this issue already. What I really enjoyed was that he went into detail explaining how municipalities are attempting to handle the water crisis. Dr. Schwabe information on the various pricing structures for…

decline in overdrafted basins is typically exacerbated by drought.( Drought and Groundwater). It is great to see that California’s weather finally decided to help with the dryness from drought; the increase of rain and surprisingly incline of snow should improve the water resource. According to the article, the drought years in California are: 1918 –1920, 1923–1926, 1928 –1935, 1947–1950, 1959 –1962, 1976 –1977, 1987–1992, 2000–2002, 2007–2009 (Drought in California). To make it easier to…

have a conversation about California, its droughts, and how agriculture is affected and how it can be amended to survive said droughts. I wish to do so by showing what are essentially what kinds of droughts California has face before. I also want to try and show how some other places have attempted to help themselves through their own methods by going through what they did for those and what they attempted to do in case of other future droughts. Drought is a terrible issue that in a place like…

As a Californian, it's next to impossible not to hear about our record-breaking drought. http://www.care2.com/causes/7-things-that-might-surprise-you-about-californias-drought.html But if you're not from California or another drought-stricken state, then water conservation might not be as high of a priority -- it's not affecting you, so why should you care? Well the new "Water Hog" campaign shows how drought is everyone's problem -- including wildlife -- and offers consumers easy, water saving…

For many years the emphasis of drought strategies in the region has been on short-term mitigation measures rather than long-term prevention incentive. In the past few years new policies have been emerging in which preparedness, rehabilitation, prevention and planning are the key elements. Current drought management strategies are attempting to treat droughts as a potentially serious disaster. These management cycles also intend to integrate program management cycles aimed at mitigation and…