Sustainable Solutions for the 2015 California Drought Ms. Drake’s World Geography Block 4 Class July 30, 2015 Ms. Drake’s World Geography Block 4 Class July 30, 2015

Entry/Exit Ticket: 1.What are your first impressions or reaction to the Lake Oroville photos in 2011 and 2014? 2.Considering how much water you have used today (for example, getting dressed and filling your water bottles) how confident would you be of your water supply if you lived in Lake Oroville? 3.Extra Credit: Do you know where Lake Oroville is without looking it up ? Entry/Exit Ticket: 1.What are your first impressions or reaction to the Lake Oroville photos in 2011 and 2014? 2.Considering how much water you have used today (for example, getting dressed and filling your water bottles) how confident would you be of your water supply if you lived in Lake Oroville? 3.Extra Credit: Do you know where Lake Oroville is without looking it up ?

California Drought

Cause #1 Increasing Human Population

Cause #2 Increasing Demand for Food

California Agriculture

2013 California's Agriculture Products  Milk — $7.6 billion  Almonds — $5.8 billion  Grapes — $5.6 billion  Cattle, Calves — $3.05 billion  Strawberries — $2.2 billion  Walnuts — $1.8 billion  Lettuce — $1.7 billion  Hay — $1.6 billion  Tomatoes — $1.2 billion  Nursery plants— $1.2 billion   Milk — $7.6 billion  Almonds — $5.8 billion  Grapes — $5.6 billion  Cattle, Calves — $3.05 billion  Strawberries — $2.2 billion  Walnuts — $1.8 billion  Lettuce — $1.7 billion  Hay — $1.6 billion  Tomatoes — $1.2 billion  Nursery plants— $1.2 billion 

Cause #3 Decreasing Water Supply

San Francisco Los Angeles US Drought Monitor: West

Cause #4 Water Rights

Where Does Los Angeles Get Water From? Los Angeles

Colorado River Compact of 1922  The States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, having resolved to enter into a compact under the Act of the Congress of the United States of America approved August 19, 1921  Approved by President HERBERT HOOVER  The States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, having resolved to enter into a compact under the Act of the Congress of the United States of America approved August 19, 1921  Approved by President HERBERT HOOVER Article I  The major purposes of this compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colorado River System;  to establish the relative importance of different beneficial uses of water, to promote interstate comity;  to remove causes of present and future controversies;  and to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado River Basin, the storage of its waters, and the protection of life and property from floods.  To these ends the Colorado River Basin is divided into two Basins, and an apportionment of the use of part of the water of the Colorado River System is made to each of them with the provision that further equitable apportionments may be made. pao/pdfiles/crcompct.pdf

Sustainable Solutions:

Petition Your Solutions for the California Drought  As a resident of California and/or  As a business owner  Farmer  Manufacturing  Or other  Petition your Mayor about  Your business concerns and facts  Your sustainable solutions to balance supply and demand  Short term or long term  Local or statewide  As a resident of California and/or  As a business owner  Farmer  Manufacturing  Or other  Petition your Mayor about  Your business concerns and facts  Your sustainable solutions to balance supply and demand  Short term or long term  Local or statewide

Before the Bell:  Pair/Share on Solutions  Today’s Homework:  Complete your petition outline worksheet  Tomorrow:  Be prepared to present petition arguments  Research time to complete your petition  Review graded homework  Final written petition posted to Edmodo by Monday.  Turn in your Entry/Exit Ticket: 4. What can you do here in Virginia to help alleviate the drought in California?  Pair/Share on Solutions  Today’s Homework:  Complete your petition outline worksheet  Tomorrow:  Be prepared to present petition arguments  Research time to complete your petition  Review graded homework  Final written petition posted to Edmodo by Monday.  Turn in your Entry/Exit Ticket: 4. What can you do here in Virginia to help alleviate the drought in California?

Reference Materials

California Drought in Pictures  After-Comparison html After-Comparison html  water-for-california-ranch/ / water-for-california-ranch/ /  After-Comparison html After-Comparison html  water-for-california-ranch/ / water-for-california-ranch/ /

Sustainability  Merriam Webster  : able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed  : involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources  : able to last or continue for a long time  United Nations  In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development as  "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“  (Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.)Jan 10, 2008  Merriam Webster  : able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed  : involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources  : able to last or continue for a long time  United Nations  In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development as  "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“  (Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.)Jan 10, 2008

3 Pillars of Sustainability

California Drought General Effects Scale of Impacts  Local  Regional  State  National  International Scale of Impacts  Local  Regional  State  National  International Affecting Who?  Personal  Residential  Business  Government  Wildlife Type of Impacts Economical Social Environmental