Thirsty America: Drought has 14 communities on the brink of waterlessness

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She is succumbing to the powerful forces of nature which are now on display all around her borders, and even within the heart of the nation. The God is bringing a point home. He has the power to force super power America to her knees in regret and destitution.

There is much prophecy concerning the terribleness of the judgment of the wicked. The power that is in the water is in the Hand of Allah (God) to use it against whom He pleases. And He is withholding it from certain places in rich America.

….”Allah (God) is now doing as it is prophesied: Holy Qur’an, Chap. 13:41, “…visiting the land, curtailing it of its sides.” The foolish still are foolish until he is cast into a narrow place and cannot turn to the right or left, as it was with the donkey that Baalam was riding. He came to a narrow place between two walls. He could not turn around. He had to stop face to face with the angel or be destroyed. Bible Nu. 22:23-26.

 Let it be remembered that Allah (God) came forth for the Redemption (to Deliver) the American Black People from their tormentors. Whether we like it or not, He Will Do This. This is the work of Allah (God) which is in effect.”–Chp.51(tfoa)

Drought has 14 communities on the brink of waterlessness

Parkwood
A mailbox mounted on a water pump sits amid a dead lawn in Parkwood in Madera County. The town’s last well dried up in July. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
By HECTOR BECERRA contact the reporter

Source: www.latimes.com

Under the blistering Central Valley sun, Filiberta Sanchez and her toddler granddaughter strolled down a Parkwood sidewalk lined with yellow weeds, dying grass and trees more fit for kindling than shade.

“It was very pretty here, very pretty,” said Sanchez, 56, as little Jenny crunched a fistful of parched dirt and pine needles she grabbed from the ground. “Now everything’s dry.”

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FOR THE RECORD

An earlier version of this post said that the city of Montague lies in Shasta County. It is actually a part of Siskiyou County.

 

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Parkwood’s last well dried up in July. County officials, after much hand-wringing, made a deal with the city of Madera for a temporary water supply, but the arrangement prohibited Parkwood’s 3,000 residents from using so much as a drop of water on their trees, shrubs or lawns. The county had to find a permanent water fix.

Parkwood is one of 28 small California communities that have since January cycled onto and off of a list of “critical water systems” that state officials say could run dry within 60 days. Amid the drought that is scorching the state and particularly the Central Valley, the State Water Resources Control Board decided this year, for the first time ever, to track areas on the brink of waterlessness.

“It’s a sign of how severe this drought is,” said Bruce Burton, an assistant deputy director for the board.

For some communities, earning a place on the list was the impetus to address problems that should have been fixed long ago. Some drilled new wells, built storage tanks or connected their water systems with larger ones and got off the critical list. Other communities were saved by late spring rains that filled reservoirs and other water supplies.

Fourteen communities, though, remain on the list, approaching a crisis point and trucking in water while they work to find a solution.

Tim Quinn, the executive director of the Assn. of California Water Agencies, said communities that have made the list are often small and isolated, and they relied on a single source of water, such as a stream, without backup sources. But he warned that if the drought continues, larger communities could face their own significant problems…..More Here

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