No Water. No Food.
You can't make it any simpler than that in this agricultural area we call home.
"Barbarians" need to take a good look around and see how we can conserve on our water usage.
photo from, and more information at, Mission & State
"Barbarians" need to take a good look around and see how we can conserve on our water usage.
Last year was one of the driest years on record in Santa Barbara County, with below-average rainfall and shrinking reservoir levels. Water agencies already are drawing comparisons to the 1987-1991-era drought, and say voluntary and mandatory conservation orders may be coming soon.
The county is four months into its third dry water year, which started Sept. 1, with only 22 percent of the normal rainfall. Only one location — the U.S. Forest Service station on Figueroa Mountain — has had more than two inches of rain in that time, according to the county’s Public Works Department.
Every reservoir is drying up, too, officials say. Lake Cachuma, which provides water to five water districts, was at 40.3-percent capacity as of Jan. 1 and many jurisdictions have started using more state water to supplement supplies. - Noozhawk
photo from, and more information at, Mission & State
Labels: conservation, drought, Santa Barbara, Water
