Sustainable Solutions for the2015 CaliforniaDrought

Ms. Drake’s World Geography Block 4 Class

July 30, 2015

Entry/Exit Ticket:

1. What are your first impressions or reaction to the Lake Oroville photos in 2011 and 2014?

2. Considering how much water you have used today (for example, getting dressed and filling your water bottles) how confident would you be of your water supply if you lived in Lake Oroville?

3. Extra Credit: Do you know where Lake Oroville is without looking it up?

California Drought

Cause #1Increasing Human Population

San Francisco Los Angeles Norfolk -

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

342,782 102,479 46,624

805,235

3,792,621

234,403

City Population Growth

1900 2000

1900 2000 -

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

30,000,000

35,000,000

40,000,000

1,854,184

8,001,024

1,485,053

37,253,956

State Population Growth

Virginia California

Cause #2Increasing Demand for Food

California Agriculture

2013 California's Agriculture Products

Milk — $7.6 billion

Almonds — $5.8 billion

Grapes — $5.6 billion

Cattle, Calves — $3.05 billion

Strawberries — $2.2 billion

Walnuts — $1.8 billion

Lettuce — $1.7 billion

Hay — $1.6 billion

Tomatoes — $1.2 billion

Nursery plants— $1.2 billion http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/

Cause #3Decreasing Water Supply

San Francisco

Los Angeles

US Drought Monitor: West

Cause #4Water Rights

Where DoesLos AngelesGet WaterFrom?

Los Angeles

Colorado River Compact of 1922

The States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, having resolved to enter into a compact under the Act of the Congress of the United States of America approved August 19, 1921

Approved by President HERBERT HOOVER

Article I

The major purposes of this compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colorado River System;

to establish the relative importance of different beneficial uses of water, to promote interstate comity;

to remove causes of present and future controversies;

and to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado River Basin, the storage of its waters, and the protection of life and property from floods.

To these ends the Colorado River Basin is divided into two Basins, and an apportionment of the use of part of the water of the Colorado River System is made to each of them with the provision that further equitable apportionments may be made. https://www.usbr.gov/lc/

region/pao/pdfiles/crcompct.pdf

Sustainable Solutions:

Petition Your Solutions for the California Drought

As a resident of California and/or

As a business owner

Farmer

Manufacturing

Or other

Petition your Mayor about

Your business concerns and facts

Your sustainable solutions to balance supply and demand

Short term or long term

Local or statewide

Before the Bell:

Pair/Share on Solutions

Today’s Homework:

Complete your petition outline worksheet

Tomorrow:

Be prepared to present petition arguments

Research time to complete your petition

Review graded homework

Final written petition posted to Edmodo by Monday.

Turn in your Entry/Exit Ticket:

4. What can you do here in Virginia to help alleviate the drought in California?

Reference Materials

California Drought in Pictures

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Drought-Images-Now-Then-Before-After-Comparison-298456561.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/08/tom-selleck-accused-of-stealing-water-for-california-ranch/29870463/

Sustainability

Merriam Webster : able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed

: involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources

: able to last or continue for a long time

United Nations In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development as

"meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“

(Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.)Jan 10, 2008

3 Pillars of Sustainability

California Drought General Effects

Scale of Impacts

Local

Regional

State

National

International

Affecting Who?

Personal

Residential

Business

Government

Wildlife

Type of Impacts

• Economical• Social• Environmental