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That means combining any of the daily chores for most families will result in going over the limit by at least two gallons.

The family that showers together, stays together.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
You do understand this has nothing at all to do with GDCs, but the fact that they're running out of water there, right?

Why are they running out of water?

They live in a desert and like lush green things

What about the dairies? It takes 1,000+ gallons per day per cow for them to operate.

I am certain that my average daily water usage is well below 55 gallons, although I would exceed it on days I take a shower and would probably come close on laundry days.

flashguy

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Originally posted by 610:
What about the dairies? It takes 1,000+ gallons per day per cow for them to operate.

OK, just close the cattle swimming pool. Problem solved.

I mean, they have to be going for a dip in the pool, right? That much water? Per day? Per cow? Take away their swim trunks.

California needs an initiative limiting the amount of bullshit that Sacramento can enact.

Start them out at 1 metric crap-ton in 2018 (half the 2017 actual production) then drop the allowance to 0.5 metric crap-tons by 2020, and take it entirely away by 2028.

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Originally posted by 610:
What about the dairies? It takes 1,000+ gallons per day per cow for them to operate.

Where the fuck did you come up with that number?
That would be 16 semi loads of water for 100 cows. LOL

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
So, what really happens when they exceed the limit? A fine would be my guess.

We do it with a tiered rate.
$6.00 per 1,000 gallons, 0 - 6,000 gallons
$18.00 per 1,000 gallons, 6,000 - 9,000 gallons
$36.00 per 1,000 gallons above 9,000 gallons.

What would Al Gore do? Block off a couple of bathrooms?

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Originally posted by thezoltar:
What would Al Gore do?

He would claim to have invented water.

California doesn’t have a water problem it has a mental health problem.

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Originally posted by cheni:

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Originally posted by 610:
What about the dairies? It takes 1,000+ gallons per day per cow for them to operate.

Where the fuck did you come up with that number?
That would be 16 semi loads of water for 100 cows. LOL

Some times, the erroneous stuff in a thread is the best part.

Them bovines sure can swan dive and backstroke, though.

So starbutts is gonna really regret the open bathroom free turd deposit rule....

The farmer does have to wash the cows bosom thoroughly, though, prior to milk extraction.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
You do understand this has nothing at all to do with GDCs, but the fact that they're running out of water there, right?

Why are they running out of water?

Because that whole area is essentially desert and they're trying to make it un-desert.

Put another way: They love living in "sunny California," but don't like the conditions that result from lots of sunshine and little rain. (Yeah, desert.)

All you need do is look to the "thinking" in which Californians engage in other matters, apply the same "logic" to how they try to treat living in the desert, without having to endure the downsides of living in the desert, and you have your answer.

You'll also observe they keep building on hillsides, despite there being ample evidence that if you build on a hillside in California two things will inevitably happen: Fire will come along and deforest it, then rain will come along and it'll slide down--taking everything built upon that hillside with it. (Well, what hasn't already burned to the ground, anyway.)

Or how they keep building, some very big buildings, too, atop this continent's biggest, most active geological fault zones. Knowing they're doing it. Knowing there'll eventually be a "Big One."

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Originally posted by slosig:

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Why are they running out of water?

Because when the stupid voters passed an 8 BILLION dollar water bond in the middle of the credit market lockup around 2008, 9 or 10, the GDC politicians used that money to buy watershed and watershed protection, not to provide for one drop of water storage.

You can't store what does not exist. Their existing reservoirs are running on empty and they've more than tapped-out their share of the aquifers and rivers.

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Originally posted by slosig:
Typically if you are in a city, you have to be on municipal water and don't own the water rights under your lot (or if you do, you can't get a permit to drill a well there).

Doesn't matter. The reasoning for these rules aside: The aquifers out there are running dry.

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Originally posted by slosig:
Out in the counties, the water rights are usually with the land, but they can be sold off separately.

See above.

You can hate on the "God Damn Commies" all you like, but this has nothing to do with their policies. The southwest is running out of water, plain and simple. The problem is trying to maintain a non-desert ecosystem in a fracking desert.

This really isn't rocket surgery. None of it.

Is Cali. still diverting water so the sardines in the bay can flourish?

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Originally posted by HRK:
So starbutts is gonna really regret the open bathroom free turd deposit rule....

Nah, they'll just go to a "flush every 10 times" policy.

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Originally posted by gpbst3:
Is Cali. still diverting water so the sardines in the bay can flourish?

You mean to replace the water they diverted away from there in the first place, in a vain attempt to establish a non-desert ecosystem in the desert? That diversion?

It's a bit more complex than the Dominant Entertainment Media Billed As "News" would have you believe--regardless of the "news" source. But only a little.

Charge a steep progressive usage rate. The market will enforce rationing. Water has been cheap to California for far too long. Same with Phoenix and Tucson.