Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First.
"in no state does rainfall vary more each year, swinging between deluge and drought in a cycle that global warming is intensifying at both ends."
"Californians are being forced to confront the limitations of nature's endowment in new and urgent ways."
"researchers estimate that more than half a million acres of farmland may need to be taken out of cultivation by 2040 to stabilize the region's aquifers."
"In their section of the valley, the two carrot growers have used more water in recent decades than everyone else combined."
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