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PhoenixReborn t1_j3y3hwz wrote

Reply to comment by DeadwoodNative in Northern California sees more rain while the south dries out by bluelotus214

There was a segment on our local NPR station the other day about this.

https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891818/flooding-during-a-drought-rethinking-californias-water-system

One of the things they mentioned was having to strike a balance between pumping water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta for human use, and maintaining enough water flow to the bay to prevent backfill with salt water. One of the guests wrote an op-ed arguing for intelligent land use to allow water to refill the water table.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/opinion/california-flood-atmospheric-river-drought.html

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Johns-schlong t1_j3yjbgb wrote

Depopulate the rural areas, reintroduce the beavers, destroy the levies and turn most of it back into flood plains. We don't own the land, and we can't keep disrupting it. Our kids only get what we leave them. More human intervention isn't the answer.

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hellomondays t1_j423u5a wrote

I think it's the same segment, one of the guest talks about how snowpack is key to the water system for North Cal, so unfortunately all this rain isn't going to make much of a long-term difference

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