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---------- Forwarded message ----------From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:36 AMSubject: Governor Declares Drought in CaliforniaTo: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor: As governor Schwarzenegger works to fix California's water delivery system, he should consider our canals. Whereas open ditches were great technological achievements in the fourth millennium b.c.e, they are an embarrassment today. Half the water that is diverted from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers is lost to evaporation before it gets to Southern California. Putting a cover on these canals could therefore double the water delivered with no further damage to the river systems. If we were to cover them with photovoltaic arrays, we could even defray some of the cost of pumping that water up over the mountains.Barry Levine1142 Brown AveLafayettte, CA 94549
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