Wednesday, July 09, 2014
In dry California, water fetching record prices - Yahoo News
So, now you can find out what an acre-foot of water is.
And if you have them, there's money to be made...
And if you have them, there's money to be made...
This Associated Press story by Garance Burke was on the Yahoo! News website:
"Throughout California's desperately dry Central Valley, those with water to spare are cashing in.
As a third parched summer forces farmers to fallow fields and lay off workers, two water districts and a pair of landowners in the heart of the state's farmland are making millions of dollars by auctioning off their private caches.
Nearly 40 others also are seeking to sell their surplus water this year, according to state and federal records."
