by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
‘Conservation as a way of life:’ Demanding additional conservation from urban water users is a non-starter
California’s drought conditions are actually historically normal. So are our occasional heavy wet winters – Despite Gavin Newsom’s moldy talking point that there is a climate crisis in California and the state is facing “a more extreme future.”
It’s not hard to plan for droughts and wet years – if politicians were honest. But Newsom’s goal isn’t to deliver more water to the people – it’s to thrust the state into a permanent water crisis.
Remember these figures: 50% of California’s water supply goes to environmental uses right off the top. Of the remaining 50%, urban use is only 10% and agriculture uses 40%.
State water officials and legislators are once again talking about water conservation-only priorities while water storage projects are perpetually delayed.
