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Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)

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Posted: 29 Jan 2009

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Coachella Canal (493)

Coachella Canal (493)
On the upper, eastern edge of the basin that forms the Salton Sea, are the Coachella Canal and the Chocolate Mountains. For any who have read my webpages, you'll know that I have many mixed emotions about water and land use policy in the West. Seeing the irrigation of large parts of California (or any Western state) that are basically arid (less than 3 inches/year in Imperial County) so as to grow water-intensive crops seems exceedingly wasteful. But I temper the consequent frustration with the realization that the history of mankind has been one of tinkering with water in very improbable locations (e.g., Egypt and the Nile).
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 slgwv
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Actually, the Imperial Valley makes a lot more sense for irrigation than lots of places, because you can grow high-value crops all year. The places that _really_ make no sense is where you can grow only alfalfa (a low-value crop) for a few months of the year!
10 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv club
Low value, and high water use. We need to cut back on our dairy use, it really pushes way too much of wasteful agriculture.
10 years ago.

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