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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
by jet_32951 5y ago
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".
- jeffbee 5y agoNobody 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.
- matmatmatmat 5y agoNon-agricultural use makes up about 16%, IIRC, but not sure how "household/urban" use fits in there.