California's dry season is turning into a permanent state of being

Re:California's dry season is turning into a permanent state... by jet_32951 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:59PM (#28190309)

Yes. Last time I checked, water used for rice growing amounted to 8% of all water use in California, and all household / urban use was also 8%. It is madness to grow rice in a desert, but that is California water "management".

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Re:California's dry season is turning into a permanent state... by jeffbee on Sunday August 15, 2021 @01:08PM (#28190394)

Nobody grows rice in a desert. The rice-growing areas of California are naturally inundated. We spent billions of dollars un-flooding Glenn, Butte, and Tehama counties. Rice fields are flooded in the winter when they would have been flooded anyway, then drained in the early spring, then flooded again during peak runoff season in the late spring. They don't "use" water in a way that could be reduced to help anyone else.

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Re:California's dry season is turning into a permanent state... by matmatmatmat on Sunday August 15, 2021 @04:33PM (#28192275)

Non-agricultural use makes up about 16%, IIRC, but not sure how "household/urban" use fits in there.

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