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California’s Water Supply

California’s Water Supply. Chris Scheuring California Farm Bureau Federation. Or, why are these two guys flying around in a helicopter?. Physical Reality. Physical Reality v. 2. Settling the West “First in Time, First in Right” Claim it, Build it, Use it

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California’s Water Supply

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  1. California’s Water Supply Chris Scheuring California Farm Bureau Federation

  2. Or, why are these two guys flying around in a helicopter?

  3. Physical Reality

  4. Physical Reality v. 2

  5. Settling the West “First in Time, First in Right” Claim it, Build it, Use it Most Senior Rights are Generally Ag Desert Land Act of 1877 Prior Appropriation Doctrine

  6. California ConstitutionArticle X, Section 2 • Waters of State • “Fullest Beneficial Use” • BUT: • No “Waste” • No “Unreasonable Use”

  7. Reclamation Act of 1902 “If We Build It, You Will Come” Affirmative Federal Action “Reclamation”

  8. State and Federal Projects • Central Valley Project • Shasta Dam & Reser. • Sacramento River • Delta Pumping • Canal • Service to SJ Valley Agricultural Customers • State Water Project • Oroville Dam & Res. • Feather & Sacramento Rivers • Delta Pumping • Canal • Service to SJ Ag and Urban Southern California

  9. Colorado River • 1/3 of Southern California’s Supply • Colorado River: “Law of the River” • 7 States divided into Upper and Lower Basin • 14 million acre feet apportioned • California: 4.4 maf • California: using 5.3 maf via “surplus” water • California: must ramp down

  10. One Planet

  11. Environmental Overlay • Federal ESA • Clean Water Act • Fish & Game Code • Section 5937 • Section 1602 • Article X, Section 2 • Waste & Unreasonable Use • New Deployment

  12. Global Warming

  13. Solutions? • Infrastructure? • Canals & Dams • ESA Reform? • One fish too many? • Water Rights “Reform”? • Change the Rules • Conservation/Efficiency?

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