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# Letter: Outside help needed in California drought
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-needed-california-drought/
- Published: 2015-04-24T13:31:56.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:38:17.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, California, Dennis R. Malm, drought, Environment, letters to the editor, new zealand, Politics, Santa Monica, sustainability, washington, water, water use, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

Editor:

The California drought is or will become a problem with international implications. Thank you, William Shatner, for your idea of a pipeline from Washington. We need help now, people. We could use pipelines from Mexico, too, where the water being transported will not freeze and burst pipes.

We need help and direction from our Congress in Washington, D.C. Ships from New Zealand and elsewhere should start bringing us more bottled water now and continue until the drought in California is deemed over. The drought is a U.S. problem with worldwide implications.

Dennis R. Malm  
*Santa Monica*