1. The California Drought and Water Crisis
Sam Sandoval, (an expert in water management at the University of California, Davis) explained that farmer's water usage has dropped from eighty to fifty percent and the total economic cost of the drought in 2014 was 2.2 billion dollars; this included crop, livestock, dairy revenue lost and job loss of estimated seventeen thousand people (Central Valley, 2015). ... California's Primary Water Source One of the main water source of California is from the Colorado River. ... The reduction of water in Colorado River is contributing to the water crisis in California. ... If the shrinking ...
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