Meet the challenge

In 1902, the California Aqueduct system was conceived to supply water to Southern California. The people needed more water and authorized officials to bring more water.

This is how Government was intended to work, gathering the resources to get the needs of the people met. In 1913, the first water flowed from the Owens Valley into the LA area, the beginning of a greater water infrastructure project.

Today, our needs are similar… we need more water. But now the Government meets that need by restricting and punishing the very people it is elected to serve.

We need more water, so got and get the darn water! Don’t attempt to solve the problem by edict, fee increases, fines, penalties and restrictions. We want more water, not lectures demanding we use less.

Some Ideas… Pay for it through new bond issues and/or taxes shared by all, not just property owners. Pursue Federal funding. Create a water lottery game within the existing CA Lottery System using the proceeds for water infrastructure. Take a large share of the Marijuana trade.

Desalination Plants, increased aqueduct infrastructure, thousands of rail tank cars moving water from other parts of the country, Army Corps of Engineers fixing dams and dredging reservoirs… get creative. No idea should be off the table.

We have an Alaskan Oil Pipeline… why not water pipelines? Wherever floods tend to occur, there may be extra water to be harvested. Much like corn and soybean farming, add water harvesting to the list of agricultural opportunities in areas with excess annual water accumulation.

Pump and move this harvested/pipeline water supply into existing rivers for downstream transport. BUY IT from areas that have surplus water available, similar to what we do with electricity during peak demand.

If we have the will, we can again meet this challenge. Gary Possert Lancaster