Re:Oroville Dam: Feds and state officials ignored warnings 1...
by x0x0 on Monday February 13, 2017 @04:20AM
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One almond requires over a gallon of water, and you can buy a pound of raw almonds for $8 or so at my grocery store. But that 1/16 gallon glass of water is gonna save the day.
Meanwhile, our state capital is -- wait for it! -- building out water meters so they can tell how much each house is using. They're trying to get 80% of households by 2025.
During the drought, the best thing we got for legislation to 'fix' it, was preventing people from getting water without explicitly asking at restaurants. As idiotic at this was (this accounts for approximately 0.0% of water use in California), activists rejoiced over how they were fixing the problem by having everyone 'chip in'. Meanwhile farmers continued on not even paying for the water they use (farming is >50% of water usage).