California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new plan to tackle the state's water shortage. The $8 billion strategy, detailed in a 16-page document, aims to reinforce California's dwindling water supply.
historic drought conditions"The science and the data leads us to now understand that we will lose 10% of our water supply by 2040," NewsonThursday during a visit to a desalination plant."As a consequence of that deeper understanding, we have a renewed sense of urgency to address this issue head on."
"What we are focusing on is creating more supply," Newsom said."What we're focused on is creating more water. How can we take existing resources and be more resourceful in terms of advancing policies, and direct our energies to create more water, to capture more water?" "The time to get these damn projects is ridiculous, it's absurd, it's reasonably comedic," Newsom said.
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