Dennis wrote on Oct 11, 2007 10:53 PM:I see that I'm trying to be the first comment here,well, hahahhahahah!!!!!! Death to fish!!! come on that's it I live not some guppy that the enivorment can live with out. This is to big,hhah for what's got away. Frezze them un-battered things put them in a new river or something, The ecomoney of So. Calif is at stake and if we want growth(controlled) the fish are not that important, whales yes! guppys no!

patricia wrote on Oct 12, 2007 5:38 AM:Amazing to read about 'the vast migration' of people that are expected to move into the area, & Southern California water woes. The failing Delta system in Northern California should be talked about from a different perspective: "The Delta is a fragile creation that stems back to the late 1850?s. Farmers created levee?s, that today serve 500,000 people and 1/2 million acres of agriculture." It is a constant challenge to keep the Delta exclusively fresh water. The levees were created for what? AGRICULTURE! The topic that is being danced around is what is going to happen when all the farm land is developed for homes, and commerce. Where will our food supply come from? Will we be at the mercy of other countries to import it? Other Countries that don't have to adhere to our standards of health and safety. Or will it be grown in labs? Why is it that our leaders aren't setting up meetings to talk about that? Is it just easier to pronounce the word water, than it is to pronounce the word agriculture? Have our leaders gotten so used to thinking of us in percentages that we exist only on paper, as a birth certificate, a death certificate, and a tax form. Why is it that the discussion comes at the point of desperation, and even then the issues aren't adequately dealt with? Can Southern California survive without water from the Delta? Can Southern California survive without the agriculture that is and has been grown in this region?-

No one. wrote on Oct 12, 2007 5:41 AM:Is going to listen to this. People here are still throwing water away like it is inexaustable.-

JayDee wrote on Oct 12, 2007 6:14 AM:Come on everybody we all know its all about money.. When are all these big citys going to cut back on selling water permits.. That's what this is all about.. The citys make about $ 8000.00 per permit.. STOP SELLING WATER PERMITS. It is an easy fix.. Lets screw our famers that give us food and build more homes that we don't need here.. Get a grip people..-

Farmers go away! wrote on Oct 12, 2007 7:18 AM:The Fallbrook avocado will dry up and disappear and the world won't cry a single tear. You are growing a tropical fruit in the desert! Stop waisting water!!!-

San Marcos resident wrote on Oct 12, 2007 9:45 AM:Keep the water in agriculture. It is a mistake put more housing in and then import our foods from countries that do not have the quality and safety controls we can implement. And NO MORE HOUSING until a water supply can be guaranteed. Come on, residents and farmers are being asked to make draconian cut-backs just so cities and developers can continue to pack us in.

sam wrote on Oct 12, 2007 9:53 AM:I say death to those worthless fish that serve no purpose and then there will magically be plenty of water.

I WILL wrote on Oct 12, 2007 10:07 AM:start cutting back on my water usage when "they" stop building new homes and communities...industrial and commercial we need for the jobs, not more homes.!!!-

GAD wrote on Oct 12, 2007 11:45 AM:I'm with "Farmers go away!" Our area is a desert. "Deserts are areas where the rainfall is too low to sustain any vegetation at all, or only very scanty scrub. The rainfall in desert areas is less than 250 mm or 10 inches per year, and some years may experience no rainfall at all". We import water so we can have grass, golf courses, tropical plants (including avocado trees). By trying to become something we are not, we have caused our own water problems. The "economy" that is created by the use of imported water does not belong here. The only reason I have any grass at all is because my HOA requires a certain percentage of lawn in front. My backyard is rock and cement.

Cure the problems, don't take from others wrote on Oct 12, 2007 1:00 PM:The only way that people will be willing to cut back their water use is when our government agencies STOP issuing water permits, stop issuing water meters, until projects start out with methods to conserve water. By granting further water permits, the government agencies are taking the water from us to provide for NEW projects. Why should we conserve when all that will be the result is that they will issue more and more water permits. Cure the problems. Water is a limited natural resource and we should be using reclaimed water for irrigation. Laws need to be passed that will allow it !'

Floyd wrote on Oct 12, 2007 1:44 PM:I think I'll follow the lead of a former San Diego mayor and have a second water meter installed so I'll be ready for the mandatory rationing. I'll be able to sustain a reduction of 50% at each meter with ease!

Heady wrote on Oct 12, 2007 2:22 PM:Sad little fish environMENTALISTS. And it is a lot like the weather, everyone talks about, but do nothing to change it.

Cal people. wrote on Oct 12, 2007 2:35 PM:Do not cooperate. Ever. As they say, ignorance is bliss. This country is in trouble big time.

Urge wrote on Oct 12, 2007 3:28 PM:these idiots to do their job! The water is there. Go get it. That is what we pay you to do. Not sit around and blame the consumer and voters. If you were in a real company that you had to perform you would be fired! Enough, we are not a 3rd world country. Desalination, wells, another canal you are suppose to be the "experts". This did not have to happen if the Water boards were doing their job rather than sitting back collecting their paychecks.

Red wrote on Oct 12, 2007 4:56 PM:I heard a southern California congressman tell a talk radio host today that there is no water shortage. He said the problem is that a federal judge, appointed by a republican, is catering to the desires of northern and central California republicans. There is plenty of water right here in our area. It is underground. The problem is that every time we try to build a lake or a storage tank to keep that water in, the republicans round up eviromentalist groups to oppose them. Why can't we build say five more lakes like Diamond Valley Lake or twenty to thirty water storage tanks that hold at least two million or more gallons of water?

Roberto1 wrote on Oct 12, 2007 5:22 PM:Desalinization doubles the cost of water...(higher quality water)have the water companies subsidize an apportioned amount through their stakeholders...problem solved.