Water is a big, big, issue in California. Agriculture and residential use have been battling for years. It takes a lot of water to make the desert bloom.
We no longer draw the water we used to from the Colorado river, and the snow pack in the Sierras has been declining. Reservoirs are frequently not getting refilled during the winter months. California does not have an endless supply of fresh water. Now there is another player in the game, and that is Hydraulic Fracturing.
Much of the truth of the damage caused by Fracking is hidden behind settlement agreements that forbid the victims from revealing the injuries to their property and their bodies. If you go here you can see quite a number of documented cases. While I would not Fracking anywhere near water I was going to use to drink, or that would be used to water crops, that is not the issue I am addressing here.
California simply cannot afford to divert their shirking water supply away from agriculture and human consumption. Much of California is in fact desert. So here is my suggestion.
We need a ballot initiative that fresh water may not be diverted for the purposes of Hydraulic Fracturing in the state of California. Any water used for that purpose must be desalinized sea water. I specify desalinized because we do not want all of that salt injected into our groundwater (the evidence is clear that the water does end up in people's wells, and the money they have paid out to shut people up should be enough proof to convince any sane person).
So if they want to Frack, let them get their own water. Simple.
Now, who knows how to get a measure like this on the ballot?
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