NOTES: COL KINE LOCATION: CALIFORNIA TITLE: DROUGHT SERVICED DATE: 02/20/77 NO: UPITN NEW YORK 022069 DATE SHOT: RECENT LENGTH: 84 FT SECONDS: 2:20 SOUND: V/O SOF DATE OF ARRIVAL:
NOTES: COL KINE
LOCATION: CALIFORNIA
TITLE: DROUGHT
SERVICED DATE: 02/20/77
NO: UPITN NEW YORK 022069
DATE SHOT: RECENT
LENGTH: 84 FT
SECONDS: 2:20
SOUND: V/O SOF
DATE OF ARRIVAL:
DROUGHT FORCES WATER CUTBACK IN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NOTE: MANDATORY WATER RATIONING IN HOMES BECAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT SPREAD FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SOUTH TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, WHERE 50-GALLON-A-DAY LIMITS WERE IMPOSED FOR INDIVIDUALS. BESIDES DRASTICALLY CUTTING BACK ON HOME USE, THE RATIONING EDICT WORKED OUT BY STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS, AFFECTS SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, GOLF COURSES, PUBLIC AGENCIES, HOTELS AND MILITARY FACILITIES. OTHER AREAS OF CALIFORNIA ARE ALSO AFFECTED. BILL REDEKER REPORTS FROM THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF MONTEREY.
VIDEO AUDIO
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS :08 THIS IS THE WET SEASON IN THE
MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO.
NORMALLY 40 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR
WOULD FALL ON THESE RIDGES. BUT THIS
YEAR ONLY ABOUT 11 INCHES HAVE BEEN
DRY RESERVOIR :18 RECORDED. THIS RESERVOIR, WHICH
USUALLY CONTAINS ENOUGH WATER TO
SUPPORT A FLOTILLA OF PLEASURE BOATS,
MOUNTAIN HOME / VAR. :25 IS NOW DRY. AND BACK IN THE WOODS,
SHOTS
WHERE PEOPLE LIKE DONNA FOSTER HAVE
MOVED TO ESCAPE THE CITY, THERE HAS
BEEN NO ESCAPE FROM THE DRYEST YEAR
DRY WELLS :32 OF THE CENTURY. WELLS HERE HAVE
GONE DRY. FAMILIES ARE LEARNING
NOT TO TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED.
HOMEOWNER (SOF) :55 HOMEOWNER: "YOU CONSERVE IN EVERY
WAY. YOU DO NOT, WHEN YOU TAKE A
DRINK OF WATER, THROW IT BACK
DOWN THE SINK. YOU WATER ONE OF
THE PLANTS IN THE HOUSE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, OR YOU PUT IT IN THE
DOG'S WATER. MY HUSBAND, WHEN HE
SHAVES IN THE MORNING, TO GET HOT
WATER, HAS A LITTLE BUCKET. HE
PUTS THE COLD WATER IN IT UNTIL
THE HOT WATER COMES, AND DURING THE
DAY, I WATER THE DOGS WITH THAT
TAPPED FIRE HYDRANT/ 1:10 BUCKET OF WATER." IN ORDER TO
WATER BARRELS
SURVIVE, FIRE HYDRANTS IN A NEARBY
TOWN ARE TAPPED BY MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS.
DONNA'S SON JERRY USES A PORTABLE
WATER METER, RENTED FROM THE LOCAL
UTILITY COMPANY , AND FILLS TWO
100-GALLON BARRELS IN THE BACK OF
HOME FOR SALE 1:17 HIS TRUCK, FOUR TIMES A WEEK. SOME
PEOPLE ARE TIRD OF LIVING LIKE
DESERT DWELLERS, SO THEY'VE PUT
RESIDENCE/FAMILY 1:25 THEIR HOUSES UP FOR SALE. BUT MOST,
INCLUDING RAY HOWARD'S FAMILY, WILL
STICK IT OUT. IN FACT, THEY, LIKE
MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, BELIEVE THE
DROUGHT HAS PRODUCED A UNIQUE BENEFIT.
HOMEOWNER (SOF) 1:55 HOMEOWNER: "I'M WILLING TO PUT UP
WITH SOME INCONVENIENCES, AND I'M
HOPING NOT EVERYONE ELSE IS. WE CAME
UP HERE FOR PRIVACY, LACK OF CONGESTION,
AND WE HOPE IT REMAINS THAT
WAY. WATER IS ONE OF THE WAYS
IT IS GOING TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM
OF POPULATION. WE'RE WILLING TO PUT
UP WITH WHATEVER INCONVENIENCES THERE
MAY BE INORDER TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY
MOUNTAIN HOME / VAR. 2:20 AND ISOLATION. WE LIKE IT." LIFE
SHOTS
IN THESE MOUNTAINS IS UNCLUTTERED BY
MOST OF THE COMPLICATIONS TOLERATED
BY CITY DWELLERS. THE AIR IS CLEAN,
THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC JAMS, BEAUTY CAN
BE FOUND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. AND
IF THE DROUGHT SHOULD CONTINUE, MOST
SAY THEY WILL ENDURE THE HARDSHIP
IN ORDER TO INSURE THE CONTINUANCE
OF THEIR LIFE-STYLE. BILL REDEKER,
ABC NEWS, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
TOTAL 2:20