California Out of Water Soon

Village Idiot

Kaik,
"Couple weeks ago there was article that California maybe entering a period of above average rainfall in 2016-2020 before it experience multi-year drought yet again."
I don't see it happening. With a strong El Nino year we may get some water down here but it will not be enough to compensate for several years worth of drought.
We need desalination plants as of yesterday.
kaik

VI, west and southwest have cyclical weather and it is one the best studied phenomena of the wet/dry years on this planet. While the wet years wont fix the drought, current water year is running 20-30% higher than it was last years. What kind of weather CA/NV/AZ/OR will have in next five years is anyone guess. California definitely needs to eliminate a lot of farming that demands high amount of water, like rice. I see bigger issue with depleted aquifers and they may not be refiled even with decade of persistent wet years.