Stakeholder Page- California
From Glen Canyon Dam AMP
COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
The Colorado River Board of California has authority under California law to investigate, coordinate, collate, and preserve information, facts, and data bearing upon the Colorado River Basin, representatives of the United States, and other concerning the development of water within the Colorado River Basin and the use of the water of the Colorado River System.
- Southern California gets 25 percent of its water from the Colorado River and 30 percent from drought-stricken in-state sources, said Jeff Kightlinger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California general manager. The agency serves 19 million customers.
- California grows 30 percent of the world’s processed tomatoes-- LINK
- In California, one-fifth of all energy is devoted to moving around water-- News Article Link
Discovery Channel: How California Got its Shape
News Article_feb-2014: California's historic drought will cost country billions
- The cost of this drought will undoubtable exceed the $30 billion it cost the country in the 2012 drought.
- Looking back in history, when the Hoover Dam was constructed in the 1930's, just 5.6 million people lived in California.
- Today, 38.2 million people call the state home.
- State of CA has 80,500 farms and ranches that produced crops and livestock worth $44.7 billion in 2012.
