Washington State Hit With Brutal Drought

[marmar]

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/washington_state_hit_with_brutal_drought_20150422


Authorities in the state that produces nearly 70 percent of U.S. apples for fresh consumption and loads of other foodstuffs have declared “drought emergencies” in 24 of its 62 watersheds—or 44 percent of the state’s area.

The Washington state Department of Ecology reports:

Snowpack statewide has declined to 24 percent of normal, worse than when the last statewide drought was declared in 2005. Snowpack is like a frozen reservoir for river basins, in a typical year accumulating over the winter and slowly melting through the spring and summer providing a water supply for rivers and streams. This year run-off from snowmelt for the period April through September is projected to be the lowest on record in the past 64 years.

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[MisterP]

1. but I thought all CA needed was more interstate pipes! and dams! so many dams!

it's almost like the problem's so severe it's regionwide, and WA doesn't have any agua to spare!