Well, technically all of the water used goes back into the water cycle somehow. That's why it is a cycle. However it doesn't help if California is using millio

Well, technically all of the water used goes back into the water cycle somehow. That's why it is a cycle. However it doesn't help if California is using millions of gallons of freshwater to irrigate some crops and it is evaporating and ending up on the other side of the Rockies, or in the Pacific.