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Sitting In KCMO hoping we don’t get TOO much rain to impact our weekend moto plans, and the news is talking about mandatory water rationing in SoCal.
Could that affect track maintenance in the near future?
Nationals as well as the local scene?🤔
Could that affect track maintenance in the near future?
Nationals as well as the local scene?🤔
They need to build a track around here, no shortage of water as long as the city keeps the water rights and it doesn’t go somewhere else. The main aquifer used runs at 2000GPM for 20 hours a day. I believe the water level fluctuates between 3-7 feet below what it was 17 years ago
The Shop
As for the tracks, Riverside county is not affected by the rationing for now, so Perris, Lake Elsinore, Cahuilla and State Fair are all good. Glen Helen and LACR may be affected. Not sure about Pala. Barona Oaks is on a well.
The reclaimed water line was already in the works. The well ran dry years ago because the underground river quit flowing.
As far as the water rationing goes, I hope not. I rode Pala on Sunday and there sure was no shortage of hose water there. There were like 3 dudes absolutely soaking the Vet track all day. I plan on doing a ton of riding and racing this summer so hopefully tracks won't be affected too bad. That's good to hear Glen Helen is working on a solution. We all know they love their water there.
I heard the Coastal Commission was supposed to vote on opening up a new de-salination plant in Huntington Beach last year. Anyone know what happened with that? I also heard they are building a new one in Carlsbad, $922 million dollar project. Hopefully they start building more. I know a couple water desalination plants won't satisfy all of SoCal but they are certainly better than nothing.
Precipitation levels in California have been low for a decade. So most of the reservoirs in California are below historic levels. Precipitation has also been low in the areas that feed the Colorado River, so Lake Powell and Lake Mead are way down on their reservoirs.
Huntington Beach has a hearing in 2 weeks: https://www.hbfreshwater.com/
Looks like the Colorado River is a large source but through water management, reservoir reconstruction and desalination efforts San Diego is in a pretty sweet spot. I may have embellished a little with the “not a drop of rain” comment.
What do you mean? Lake Mead and Lake Powell are both at all-time low water levels.
edit: originally your post said "the Colorado River isn't running dry".
Pit Row
If CA was weened off of-or drastically reduced its dependency on-the CO river, all the sudden the future of that river changes drastically. As it is...not enough water falls from the sky to provide water to all the people moving to the deserts in the western US....Time to start using the ocean for anyone next to it...
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