[KedarMhaswade]

Thank you for this reference! The good measures taken in the past seem to help tremendously.

Looking at the drought maps was depressing enough and that was compounded by the fact that the Bay Area does not feel anything like an area that is experiencing one of the worst droughts ever! I have always wondered how we (I live here) could survive all this time with water to spare for swimming pools, 24-hour tap-water supply, many-minute-long daily showers, restaurants full of water supply and wastage. Having been born and brought up at places where there were severe droughts and poor historic water management measures made me extremely cautious while using water, but it seems like that behavior was largely irrelevant here.

Whereas I like the comfort provided by California Water Project and pray for enough rainfall this year, I do hope that the approach of Bay Area Californians toward water preservation improves.

[gumby]

> The good measures taken in the past seem to help tremendously.

Sure did. Too bad the country has given up on investing in infrastructure. In fact the largest single investment seems to be in destroying other people's infrastructure instead of making ours better.

[Animats]

People keep saying that. Yet, in the last decade in the Bay Area alone, we've had

    - a major new dam in Fremont.
    - a new Bay Bridge eastern span
    - a second San Mateo Bridge alongside the first
    - a fourth bore at the Caldecott Tunnel
    - a new major tunnel at Devil's Slide
    - a new sewerage plant at San Jose
    - a third Hetch Hetchy water pipeline
    - an automated tram between BART and the Oakland airport.

Under construction are the new Transbay Terminal, the SF Central Subway Line, the new Golden Gate Bridge west approach, more light rail and BART stations...