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Gavin Newsom: “We're losing it 10% we estimated of all our water supplies…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom Delivers Closing Remarks at Association of California Water Agencies Conference

Published | Video Starts at 13:07

It suggests a different kind of hydrology. It suggests that we're no longer debating more water. And is that a growth strategy? We're debating water in the context of just scarcity. We're losing it 10% we estimated of all our water supplies would be lost by 2040, just with the status quo ante. Hot's getting a lot hotter. And so we came out with specific numeric goals in that 2040 plan. Specific numeric targets for the first time. 9 million acre feet of new supply. (13:07–13:17)

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Asserts an estimated 10% loss of California's water supplies by 2040.

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