Upside Gap Openers

[mgland]

California water crisis?
more like an allocation mismanagement agenda.

To be precise, agriculture in California uses about 80 percent of the state's developed water supply but only 40 percent of the state's total water. How does that work?

If you're looking at total freshwater use in California, roughly 50 percent is actually set aside for environmental purposes — i.e., it's allowed to stay in streams or wetlands to maintain ecosystems. Another 40 percent or so goes to agriculture, and the remaining 10 percent goes to cities and towns. (These precise numbers fluctuate between wet years and dry years.)

So, of the water that's stored behind dams and in reservoirs and is intended for economic purposes — what's known as the "developed water supply" — about 80 percent goes to farms and 20 percent goes to cities and towns. But that's why you often hear different numbers bandied about.

http://www.vox.com/2015/4/1/8326555/california-water-restrictions