Possible drought looms in California, near term shortages certain:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/02/MN9O10F8PK.DTL&hw=water&sn=002&sc=923

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/02/MNRK10DPD6.DTL&hw=water&sn=003&sc=593

From the second link:

State officials warned Thursday that widespread water rationing is a very real possibility this summer. Another few years like this, experts say, and we might start running drastically short of water.

And that's just if the water demand stays the same - which it won't. California is projected to gain 12 million residents by 2030, enough to consume annually three times the water stored in Pardee Reservoir, the East Bay Municipal Utility District's linchpin 40 miles southeast of Sacramento. That's the kind of water drain that no low-flow toilets or recycling systems can offset.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
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