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From where? I don't understand how that's possible. I don't know of any lakes or rivers or aquifers larger enough to provide water to almost 40 million people
by nerdchum 4y ago
From where?
I don't understand how that's possible. I don't know of any lakes or rivers or aquifers larger enough to provide water to almost 40 million people in California.
- reducesuffering 4y agoThe Sierra Nevada watershed https://www.nature.org/media/california/california_drinking-water-sources-2012.pdf https://www.nature.org/media/california/california_drinking-... The large greenery to the right is the Colorado River which provides 15% of CA water at the bottom.
- nerdchum 4y agoSierra Nevada watershed is already being used by Northern California. It provides 60% of California water. Even removing the farms, I couldn't find any data supporting that it was enough water for the rest of California. But that doesn't necessarily mean that it can't either. The data I found says the Sierra Nevada watershed supports 750,000 farms. Is that equivalent to 15 million people or so?
- reducesuffering 4y agoCalifornian agriculture is 80% of water usage. That agriculture is largely shipped out of state, internationally, and supplying the rest of the US half of its produce outside staple grains: fruits, nuts, vegetables, berries, etc.