Ricki Herrera
April 18th 2016
Professor Kufs
English 114B
Annotated
Bibliography
“California
Drought”
Howard, Brian. “California Report
Warns of Worsening Economic Impacts of Drought.”
News.nationalgeographic.com. N.p., 17
July 2014. Web. 16 April 2016
This article describes that the drought will cost people a lot
of money and maybe even cause health issues. Farmers will lose their jobs. Howard states
in this article that “California is expected to lose 2.2 billion dollars as result
of the drought.” 17,100 jobs are being lost, most of these jobs are seasonal
and part time work in the Central and San Joaquin Valleys. The California
drought resulted in a loss of 810 million dollars in crop revenue and 203
million in lost dairy and other livestock, plus additional groundwater pumping
costing 454 million.
Lobosco, Katie. “Drought turns
Californians against bottling Companies” Money.cnn.com.
N.P. 26
May
2015. Web. 16 April 2016
This article talks about how California
residents are being asked to cut back on their water and are getting angry
because they do not think that the water bottle companies are being asked to do
the same thing. In the article she makes a great statement “But, the thing is,
the amount of water bottled in California is a tiny fraction of what the entire
state uses.” It is also mentioned in the article that 3.1 billion gallons of
water are battled in California annually. But this number rises up to 4
trillion gallons when we talk about how much water California residents use
annually. The governor had imposed a mandatory water restriction on resident
for the first time in the state’s history, and water districts must reduce the
amount customers use by an average of 25 percent o they can face fines.
Geiling, Natasha. “Here’s what the
2015 drought Will Do to California’s Economy”
thinkprogress.org. N.p. 5 June 2015. Web
16 April 2016
This article talks about the economic
issues. To avoid economic loss farmers are shifting their production of certain
crops to areas where there is more water available. Such as tomatoes, which are
now being grown more and more in the northern parts of the state. Farmers are
also voluntarily offering to curb their water use by 25 percent. The California
drought is causing water shortages and crop losses, resulting in a 1.2-billion-dollar
loss in crops. They want to develop ways to prepare us for the future.
Associated Press. “California Water
Rates Rise as Cities Lose Money in Drought.”
Nbclosangeles.com. 5 July 2015. Web. 16
April 2016
This article describes that as the
drought gets worse our money problems will probably get worse too. Californians think that their bills will come
out cheaper because they have been conserving water, but instead they are finding
out that they are not. Water departments are increasing rates and adding fees
because they are losing money as their customer’s conserve water. Jerry Brown has asked
residents to cut down their water use between 8 and 36 percent. These cuts are
leaving water agencies with a 1-billion-dollar hole.
Sabalow, Ryan and Kasler Dale. “As
rain falls in California, tensions rise over who gets the
water” sacbee.com
N.p. 11 March 2016. Web. 16 April 2016
As of now we are getting some rain,
but even the rain is causing problems when it is supposed to be a good thing.
There is a lot of tension in who is going to get the rain water and how they
are going to manage it. The democrats are saying that they need to be more
flexible in their approach to pumping in the Delta. The water companies are
fighting. Sabalow and Kasler talk about how they think the agricultural workers are saying they have got it the
worst but then the fisheries are saying they have got it the worst. There is 10
times as much water flowing out of the Delta to San Francisco Bay compared with
a year ago. But the flow does not determine how much water will get pumped.
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