The Valley of Shadows

Newsweek has done an interesting article about the San Joaquin Valley. It is a five-part story on their website which you can read here. The article deals with climate change, the economy and the battle over water to help support agriculture and population growth. Even though people love to blame the environmentalists for reducing the amount of water being funneled to the valley, the real problem is the lack of conservation by those who are placing the blame.

The article points out that some water districts are, even today, receiving their full water allotment while others are getting merely 10%. Those that are receiving the full allotment are then selling their unneeded water for large profits. The system is flawed and we need to stop blaming and start putting together a solution or the valley will soon revert back to the desert like area it was before we started pumping water in.