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Re:California Drought Update May 2022 [pdf] by mdavis6890 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:10AM (#31595098)
"50% environmental" - This term is very deceptive. It's basically water that can't be used anyway, and clouds the fact that really agriculture uses 80-90% of the actually available water. It artificially grows the denominator.
Re:California Drought Update May 2022 [pdf] by aerostable_slug on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:57PM (#31599776)
That's untrue. It's freshwater that is purposely diverted to streams and rivers to sustain the local ecology. This is what farmers are complaining about in the Central Valley.