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February 15, 2006
Drinking water's future tied to global warming
A major factor in what may become the biggest challenge to meeting tomorrow's water needs is global climate changes, as considered in Santa Clara County,California.
In that area, rising tidal elevations due to global warming along with the posibility of a major earthquake or heavy seasonal flooding which threaten a catastrophic failure of the delta levee system, which holds about half the annual water supply, in the Santa Clara region.
As the Earth's atmosphere continues to warm, snowfall in the Sierra decreases year after year. Early melts produce unseasonable runoff that becomes less and less available for suplying to other places in the state, like Santa Clara County. That throws into doubt the availability of additional delta water to meet the county's future needs, as written by, Larry Wilson chairman of the Santa Clara Valley Water District board of directors, and published by The Mercury News.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at February 15, 2006 06:41 PM
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