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Residential water restrictions could save 500,000 acre feet. Greeeat... Mind you, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 26 MILLION acre feet of water used

Residential water restrictions could save 500,000 acre feet. Greeeat... Mind you, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 26 MILLION acre feet of water used by agriculture and the 9 MILLION acre feet used by industry.

jefurii 2y ago
The state's residential water use is around 15%. The top line-items in the remaining are dairy (for raising alfalfa and thirsty cows) and almonds.