residents despite all their plumbing facilities and other efficiency measures would have to reduce demand an additional 70 percent in order to keep from running out of water. the choices faces, them like many in the west are not easy and certainly not cheap. you re going to find a common thread the area of cheap and easy solutions to water supply is over. consider the fact that,mufd, is sponsoring around 8 hundred dollars an acre foot if any of you are paying more than that for incentive programs i would love to know but that probably is setg the pace. the district is considering a plant on san francisco bay to diversify it s water supply, portfolio and supervise a hedge on patterns that are likely to get even more volatile with climate change. yes, it s expensive but how do you value wet water in a critical drought and is that drought in 77 the droughts we should be planning for. these challenges are compounded by the fact that our environment and fisheries need water too. m
base needs just by ground water some you can count portland among those that believe climate change is real and have been following it for over two decades. the ctional is a national leader. i know i need to tread carefully in san francisco talking about treading in this area but most of you are probably familiar with the list i have up here on this slide. in terms of predicted impacts for continued global warming on western water utilities perhaps it is most fundamental. what we re really struggling with is the notion we may faced increase demands in the summer with reduced supplies. so, in terms of climate change impacts portland is most concerned about. here are five according to me and my staff. i m sure there s more and thinking on this i tried focus on things we re dealing with now. as i mentioned the higher summertime demand because of higher temperatures. this would be by growth alone and that s a significant issue. the other side of the coin with that is having less
we ve almost always had above average rain fall. if that occurred today, those residents despite all their plumbing facilities and other efficiency measures would have to reduce demand an additional 70 percent in order to keep from running out of water. the choices faces, them like many in the west are not easy and certainly not cheap. you re going to find a common thread the area of cheap and easy solutions to water supply is over. consider the fact that,mufd, is sponsoring around 8 hundred dollars an acre foot if any of you are paying more than that for incentive programs i would love to know but that probably is setg the pace. the district is considering a plant on san francisco bay to diversify it s water supply, portfolio and supervise a hedge on patterns that are likely to get even more volatile with climate change. yes, it s expensive but how do you value wet water in a critical drought and is that drought in 77 the droughts we should be planning for. these challenges
operating in a water supply deficit. thankfully for that period we ve almost always had above average rain fall. if that occurred today, those residents despite all their plumbing facilities and other efficiency measures would have to reduce demand an additional 70 percent in order to keep from running out of water. the choices faces, them like many in the west are not easy and certainly not cheap. you re going to find a common thread the area of cheap and easy solutions to water supply is over. consider the fact that,mufd, is sponsoring around 8 hundred dollars an acre foot if any of you are paying more than that for incentive programs i would love to know but that probably is setg the pace. the district is considering a plant on san francisco bay to diversify it s water supply, portfolio and supervise a hedge on patterns that are likely to get even more volatile with climate change. yes, it s expensive but how do you value wet water in a critical drought and is that drought
choices faces, them like many in the west are not easy and certainly not cheap. you re going to find a common thread the area of cheap and easy solutions to water supply is over. consider the fact that,mufd, is sponsoring around 8 hundred dollars an acre foot if any of you are paying more than that for incentive programs i would love to know but that probably is setg the pace. the district is considering a plant on san francisco bay to diversify it s water supply, portfolio and supervise a hedge on patterns that are likely to get even more volatile with climate change. yes, it s expensive but how do you value wet water in a critical drought and is that drought in 77 the droughts we should be planning for. these challenges are compounded by the fact that our environment and fisheries need water too. my work at,nrdc, taught me most california streams and rivers need more water now to support healthy eco systems. one of the victims would be a beautiful north coast stream which i