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Sierra 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 s
by nerdchum 4y ago
Sierra 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.