Vidak warns: Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink
The California Department of Water Resources announced this week that the Central Valley may only get five percent of the water it needs next year.
The Central Valley, the heart of California,is the state’s top agricultural producing region, often called “the nation’s salad bowl” for the great array of fruits and vegetables grown in its rich soil.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, author of theRime of the Ancient Mariner, wasn’t thinking about California’s Central Valley when he wrote:
Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.However, if the water resources department gets its way, the Central Valley may as well get used to this poem.
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