about a week ago was invited to an econ roundtable (figured it was worth attending because among other things I'd get a free breakfast), the topic was about water or the lack thereof
its a subject I've been following for a while (since my undergrad days as a matter of fact)
lots of the people there were business types wanting to find out about the three billion CapEx spent on the diversity of storage and supply of water in the San Diego region
after the speakers presentation there was a Q&A session
my question to the speaker was given in the past 1200 years the western region of the USA has had two mega drought(s), how prepaired are we and the short answer is we are not
noticed a few dropped jaws on peoples faces (in the audience) when I asked my questions and mentioned its not unheard of for the region to have drought event(s) that last a hundred years...
Wondering if anyone else here knows that California has a long history of drought and that the period around the 1910's (when the treaty of the colorado "river" compact was signed) was (looking at the historical record) an abnormally wet period!
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about a week ago was invited to an econ roundtable (figured it was worth attending because among other things I'd get a free breakfast), the topic was about water or the lack thereof
http://economics.ucsd.edu/roundtable/2016/email2.html
its a subject I've been following for a while (since my undergrad days as a matter of fact)
lots of the people there were business types wanting to find out about the three billion CapEx spent on the diversity of storage and supply of water in the San Diego region
after the speakers presentation there was a Q&A session
my question to the speaker was given in the past 1200 years the western region of the USA has had two mega drought(s), how prepaired are we and the short answer is we are not
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111106151505.htm
noticed a few dropped jaws on peoples faces (in the audience) when I asked my questions and mentioned its not unheard of for the region to have drought event(s) that last a hundred years...
Wondering if anyone else here knows that California has a long history of drought and that the period around the 1910's (when the treaty of the colorado "river" compact was signed) was (looking at the historical record) an abnormally wet period!
