cactuses up from a current system that has two irrigation zones. we were able to direct water exactly where it needs to be and be much more efficient with the use of the water. will be planting new drought tolerant and landscaping, installation of new sub drain infrastructure, and replacement of the topsoil on the main lawn to reduce a saturated soil conditions, repaving the pathways and making a.d.a. site access improvements. pruning throughout entry maintenance and removal and replacement of 11 trees and maintenance to the existing benches and in-kind replacement of those benches only when necessary. the community was almost unanimously concerned with the duration of the park closure. and requested either a phase project delivery or a reduction in the duration of the closure. additionally, the community and local businesses advocated for formal plans to reduce neighborhood impacts related to the construction activity, to address these concerns, the department is concerned -- has said they will take the following measures. for construction duratio

it really ties us tight to the irrigation districts. in this family, we sometimes are happy together and sometimes we are less happy together, but we are stuck together in a long-term relationship with the irrigation district. a key element to that relationship is laid out in 1966 and the fourth agreement. it provided the construction of the dam. san francisco contributed 51.7% of the cost of constructing that damn. in exchange for that, the irrigation district stoned the dam and had the flood control responsibility on the river. we obtained the ability to have a water bank there a 570,000 acres. which is critical for ensuring that we have a relatively drought proof supply. it does also provide in the condition that if the districts are damaged by a decision, that requires additional fish loads, that san francisco would have to provide 51.7% of those mandated flows into those conditions. so there are -- there is some give-and-take that we have to deal with as we look at any proposal that comes out. thirdly, there is a 1995 agreement whi

they have the oldest irrigation districts in the state. you agree to put the majority of any increase in flow down the river from your supply. even though they use four times as much water collectively as your regional system, you have to meet the majority of any increase that puts you guys in a tough spot. something the state board has no control over. i would like to say, are you just going to resist, or will you figure out how to comply if you do need to comply? i would like to read a statement that a commissioner made 18 months ago in this room with regard to respective plans. he said as a responsible public water agency, we would have to do everything we did to make sure that wouldn't happen. we would have to be obligated to make an investment. last week, there was a man of the state board talking about additional water projects that we mention today that you might need to pursue. those take a long time. the state board initially came out with this proposal six years ago. they they hope to implement it in a front for years -- in four

may include many irrigation districts in the central valley. i could go down the list. there is a lot of partners. what that what do you, if they asked a band of the reservoir, as provide storage volume for all of us to utilize. all of us as partner agencies. we have identified how much we want to use. beyond that, we talked about the piping it it could create. there is a pipeline that would link up that reservoir to the south bay aqueduct. it creates a new route to bring water and that could be routes that would come from storage that we would put an in and potentially water transfers that they could enter into with the sacramento river system customer to me, the plumbing is more important than the reservoir expansion. but that is the big efforts. this year it is early on in the process. they are looking at governance options. how would 15-20 agencies on a project? it is complicated. thankfully they have lawyers in the room helping with that. there was a lot of lawyers in that particular room talking about governance. pilot water transfer. this is one that they are doi

and irrigation districts. we also support the recent decision to delay action on the plan. it is our belief that the delay will give time for parties to start discussion of a voluntary negotiated settlement. i spent a lot of time between -- there's not a lot of time between now and november but we need to take advantage of it. we believe we can do that. we will take advantage. the plan would seriously reduce water supply during the drought for our 1.8 million residents, 40,000 businesses and community agencies and in alameda, san mateo and santa clara counties that we serve. we may find it difficult, if not impossible to reach required customer water use levels. particularly, those agencies where a per person used level of 25 gallons per day or less must be achieved. frankly, that is not achievable. we have employed experts in our respective fields to develop the river management plan. mr ritchie shared a good bit of detail about those experts. they have specific knowledge of the river. i personally, as well as the organization believe that knowledge is -- it is necessary.

grow before now and you have to look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq's strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less than the minimum the country needs so the government says it's stepping in the minute i didn't feel when we planned to cultivate around fifty square kilometers of rice as well as sixteen thousand square kilometers of orchards and vegetables for people to use in their homes but we can't provide as much water for crops as we did in previous years. farmers tried digging wells to reach water underground but it's

before now and you have said look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less than the minimum the country needs so the government says it's stepping in the minute i don't feel how we plan to cultivate around fifty square kilometers of rice as well as sixteen thousand square kilometers of orchards and vegetables for people to use in their homes but we can't provide as much water for crops as we did in previous years. farmers tried digging wells to reach water underground but it's often

twenty years ago the country's largest and most expensive irrigation system was built here five hundred and forty one kilometers of canals draw water directly from the colorado river. but the supply is not inexhaustible. the colorado river and the region's groundwater are not easily replenished. phoenix recently experienced its worst drought in a thousand years. rain was followed by every new dry spell water shortages could begin cramping residents lifestyle in less than a decade but among. siddons there are no signs of panic. after all a month can happen in a decade. it's . you have to let almost the problem be there and then mankind is very very innovative it's very entrepreneurial it will solve the problem here we are in arizona where one state away california is in the way of the ocean the ocean has more water than all of mankind could ever use it's got salt in it so at some price you can desalinate that water and you have fresh water. if we are willing in arizona potion only to pay for getting that water here and pay for the price of decelerating and then we can live here if not we

under federal reclamation law, irrigation districts, which receive water from a bureau of reclamation facility, typically repay their portion of the capital cost of water projects under long-term contracts. under its current contract and current law, northport irrigation district is exempt from annual capital repayment if their carriage fee exceeds $8,000 per year. given the carriage fee has exceeded this amount since the 1950's, the capital repayment debt has been stagnant at $923,000 since 1952. so long as the debt endures, landowners are subject to burdensome reporting requirements and acreage limitations and no revenue is generated for the federal government. i introduced this bill to provide members of the northport irrigation district early repayment under their contract, allowing producers within the district to pay off their portion of the contract. it means the government will receive funds otherwise uncollected and landowners will be relieved of costly constraints which threaten family owned operations. for example, at a previous water and power subcommittee hearing, a membe

in the country, so whether there is a drought or no drought, we have irrigation in the country to produce grain to feed our people, and we inget and project supplies our model of agriculture. alreadyachieved that and we are applying the same model of approach to other crops , like soybeans, wheat, and so on. something you need to find within your economy, in terms of fiscal discipline, macro economic change, bringing the debt under control. how are you taking steps to do that? >> we have to be very sober in that area. it is true that the fiscal balance in our country is bad. it needs to be corrected. we must be honest with our andle as to what to achieve , to do so, there is a need for us to cross the bridge. in that area, yes, we have resources. we are addressing the issue in agriculture. we also have introduced reforms in mining. we are attracting foreign capital, foreign capital coming into our fields. caroline: where from? >> the entire world is open. , whetherickly coming we are honest or not, and we understand after the perception that has been there, i would not begrudge those who

now as i have said look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq's strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less than the minimum the country needs so the government says it's stepping in the military i didn't feel when we planned to cultivate around fifty square kilometers of rice as well as sixteen thousand square kilometers of orchards and vegetables for people to use in their homes but we can't provide as much water for crops as we did in previous years. farmers tried digging wells to reach water underground but it's ofte

by not having our border secured, we have a lot more problems than irrigation -- immigration. human trafficking that is taking place on the southern border is causing social and economic problems throughout the nation, not just on southern states. sen. tester: i think it is critically important that we make sure our border is secure. the northern border too. that is one of the leak is linked -- weakest link in the chain. i think it takes a combination of all three things. a wall, technology, and manpower. i think if we are able to do that and make sure that our ports have the technology and the manpower to stop the drugs coming across to make sure we have the infrastructure we need on the border to make sure folks who are undocumented cannot come across the border, i think that is a giant first that. it is one of the reasons the border control council has endorsed me. they did not endorse domitian a rosendale, they endorsed me. they are the folks that are on the border. these are the guys and gals to keep this country safe by patrolling our border. they understand that i am go

not irrigated, it's completely reliant on natural rainfall. ,atural rain, monsoon season the winter snows, all of contributes to the moisture all your long and produces a wonderful food source. our whole culture is tied around water. and cooperative values. you couldn't survive in that without living cooperatively. you see our art and life ways are tied to things that come out of the environment. we have a rapid skin blanket. rabbit was a primary source for meat and protein. jack rabbits run particularly fast. the men would chase after them and use a rabbit stick. there's one here. to awould use them similar boomerang, throw them as they were running and hit the rabbit in the neck. we would skin the rabbit, eating the meat, then make blankets out of the for. this trait is slowly dying out. it's because places like this museum that these arts are being revitalized. on top are made from local grass. they are all natural dyes also coming from the earth. women are the basket makers in our community, as well as the potters. all the paints are made into clay. the women were very industrious. po

look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq's strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less than the minimum the country needs so the government says it's stepping in the minute they feel when we plan to cultivate around fifty square kilometers of rice as well as sixteen thousand square kilometers of orchards and vegetables for people to use in their homes but we can't provide as much water for crops as we did in previous years. farmers tried digging wells to reach water underground but it's often saturated with salt an

when we say dry farming, we mean it is not irrigated. it is completely reliant on natural rainfall. natural rain, monsoon season, that is happening right now. snow, all that contributed to the moisture on your long. -- all year long. arid environment, we have a whole culture tied living and cooperative values. withoutsurvive in that living cooperatively and helping one another. art andthat we see our our life are tied to the things i come out of the environment. we have a rabbit skin blanket. rather it was a primary source of protein and meet. jack rabbits run very fast. the men which has after them and use a rabbit stick. i don't know if we have one in the collection. there is one here. they would use them similar to a boomerang as they were running and hit the rabbit in the neck, breaking that. this trade is slowly dying out. it is because of places like this where some of these arts are not being revitalized. the baskets on top are made from local yucca and grass. they are all natural dyes coming from the earth. women are the basket makers in our community as well as the potters.

interior of australia, which is obviously in many parts largely desert and very arid, is it possible to irrigates to have a much larger population? the latest official position is the number of people here will double to almost 50 million over the next 40 years. australia's great challenges to maintain its prosperity and help new generations live more sustainably. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney —— great challenge is. well, staying with population, singapore has the lowest birth rate in the world. its government is so concerned, that it's paying for people to date. katie silver reports. young singaporeans enjoying a night out. all the table tags, guys, do me a favour, when you rotate... speed dating is all the rage but here it's being subsidised by the government as a way to get young people to meet. the government really wants to get guys and girls to get together to form families. coming here, i hope to, like, expand my social network, i'm coming to make friends and hopefully i can meet someone who is suitable. these dating nights are just want of a number of solutions including tax breaks, baby

as the new prime minister was formerly in charge of electricity and irrigation the fence and interior ministers will keep their posts but the number of ministries will be cut from thirty one to twenty one. well east africa economic and political analyst agnes good cow says the new government faces major challenges. a very difficult political move for a mob a shill to take but suddenly one that many people who've been struggling and of course. crying out to the government to come to come up with an economic vision that helps the people of sudan to afford the busy commodities which has been very difficult in the last sort of decades of course you know about the sanctions and the mismanagement of the economy and the corruption issues in sudan very easy in an economic vision for sudan they need to come up the next president. has clearly that is not going to be running for the next for the next election but they need to have a clear economic vision i think they can do it it's a very small country quite wealthy with some oil or oil reserves so they can do it but they need to move away a key

it's said that we use the filthy water but that's not true we irrigate our fields with well water which we filter first we even drink the water and we are healthy. there are far too few water treatment plants the only hope is that at least the ground water isn't toxic and can be used for preparing meals. if i cook with water from the river my children become ill so we avoid the river and only use water from the well. but one environmentalists experts believe that foam is who grow their vegetables here are wrong and thinking themselves safe so even if you take ground water they'll be some filtration but it's not a complete prevention and you will find. the same levels of boxes and that also has dangerous consequences for those who consume the vegetables since it is in the body this is in the body of the vegetable you cannot wash it off there's almost nothing you can do about it cadmium effects the kidneys and and. similarly other chemicals can be endocrine disrupters they have long term intergenerational impacts they also can go cause cancer people who shop at the many markets have littl

it will be used to irrigate the landscape around this facility, it'll be used for the toilets and will be also used by public works to helping clean the surrounding streets. isn't that a great use and reuse of water? this is a great example. [applause] >> so moscone center is just one of san francisco's environmental initiatives, from demanding smart building design to strategically reducing energy use and emissions, cities and states can be leaders in the battle against global warming. today i want to thank you for coming to this beautiful facility, and this will conclude the press speaking part of it, and we have tours right after this to take people upstairs to see some of the solar panel and some of the designs that have been put into this convention facility. thank you all, and thank you all for coming. [applause] >> for the first time in nearly two decades fishers have been granted the legal right to sell fish directly to the package right off their boat -- to the public right off their boats in san francisco. it's not only helping local fishers to stay afloat but it's evoking th

the problem with that is that is nothing but pure feces and urine they are irrigating into the air, and it is making people sick. you hear people talk about how nauseated they get, throwing up, the air smells so bad you can barely breathe. you can't go out. you don't want to be outside. you can go outside, but you don't want to be out there. so it is a real problem. , the thinking this morning shame of this all is that the contract grower is in a fix as well because smithfield, who is pocketing all of the money from these operations, won't do the that thing by the people live around these animals. they don't do the right thing by the contract growers. .o they are in a fix the catch 20 two, smithfield owns everything -- the hogs, the trucks, the feed, everything except the waste. the waste belongs to the grower to is not being paid enough do anything different from what they are doing. but smithville is pocketing billions of dollars in profit every year and can do something about it, but they won't because -- just like in a capitalist your goal is profit over people. you don't care about

we have broached the topic at different time with the turlock and modesto irrigation districts with no luck. they would have to be interested to make that work. another one is delta diversions. it's lower quality water from an already stressed environment just don't seem like the right idea or solutions for us. those are all things that could have some discussion, but there are challenges with all of them that we'd have to deal with, and so there's nothing actively being planned on these fronts, other than conservation. >> steve, one question. on the groundwater banking with the districts, does that include -- there's been a suggestion that on the west side of the valley, that there might be some conjunctive use opportunities? >> that, i have not been aware of any discussions on the west side. there possibly could be, but not to my knowledge. >> okay. but that's -- that's one that has been brought up in some informal discussions, so it's -- that may be something -- >> be happy to look at it more. i think we're really thinking in the context of modesto and turlock having some kind of ba

generally includes centralized stormwater treatment, a black water treatment plant to provide water for irrigation, net zero public realm, and accommodating sea level rise and changing habitats. now i'm going to quickly walk you through different areas on the site. you can see them in site view here. i'm going to focus on the park access. first, starting with -- at the main gateway to our project at aurelius walker and innes aven avenue. there'll be a transit stop here as well as bike share and other transportation amenities. and now the view into the park through the open public market that will house start-up, small, temporary or semi permanent retail to support the public parks with a focus on bayview retail businesses. here's another view of the public market and how it incident fac interfaces with the big green. this slide illustrates the cove terrace which is where 900 and 700 innes merged. this is the pinch point of the site and we worked very closely with r.p.d. to figure out how to accommodate the uses in this area. 1800 parking spaces that were referenced earlier are tucked into the hill

. >> reporter: in the meantime grape growers are irrigating the fields to compensate for the lack of rain. some hoping mother nature will soon serve up a drink of her own. >> there's a great sign that an inch from the sky is like 12 inches from the hose. and that's a very true statement. so if we can get proper rain, that would be perfect. >> reporter: winemakers on the west coast have had better luck and less dry conditions which should help the country's overall yield. but for the vintners it's sour and sweet. as the grapes that make it to bottle will be worth storing in the cellar. >> you have to make a bit more, brings your cost down a fraction. it costs more when you have to balance it out. >> reporter: lynda kinkade, cnn. >> and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. remember to connect with me any time on twitter at rosemary cnn. love to hear from you. early start is next for our viewers here in the u.s. and for everyone else, stay tuned for more news with max foster in london. have yourselves a great day. . . . >>> white house on the offensive. aides slammin

. >> reporter: if passed, only irrigated succulents will be allowed within 3 feet of homes in the wildland urban interface. that's 75% of the town or about 5,000 homes including kirk citron's newly landscaped one. >> first of all, aesthetically i'm not crazy about that, but it would be really expensive and really difficult to do given this landscaping. >> reporter: and it would have to be done by may next year if it's approved which kirk said will ignite a heated debate. >> i understand fire being an issue and we worry about fire because everybody in california worries about fire, but i'm not sure this is the right answer to it. >> reporter: so again just imagine if this, in fact, does pass. what kind of a change will that be? no bushes up against the house no, vines, nothing like that, simply succulents or gravel, something like dry landscaping. you can imagine this is going to be a very heated topic and the first reading is happening right now inside city hall. that meeting just got kicked off at 6:00. >> are there any other communities that are pursuing measures like this one? >> report