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California Drought
On 5/20/2015 2:02 PM, songbird wrote [in part]:
the large CWP uses huge pumps to move water from the north to the south which also uses a lot of electricity (some which they regain on the other side from generation but the cost is still high). this is only a small fraction of the water used in CA for irrigation. to move a much larger portion of the Columbia would need many more pipelines than one. that's not a minor expense for pumping, materials to build it, maintenance, etc. The California State Water Project is possibly the largest customer for electricity in the state. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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