Four Year Drought In California

California was in a massive drought just this past year which became known as a state emergency. Many homeowners and ranchers pumps went dry because California was deprived of water. Many farmers had to drill there wells deeper to reach the water table, so they could keep their crops alive. However, the homeowners who didn’t have the money to drill another well, had to go to their local Fire station or water supply to get their own water in a tank. Just this past winter California was hit with a lot of rain and they didn’t seem ready for it, therefore California should have acted upon the issues prior to the wet winter such as more dams, water reservoirs, functioning dams, or simply have pumps to push water underground to store it.

I.) Water and Drought in California: Facts and data show that the weather we are experiencing here in California is that there is a difference between La Niña that brings the ocean temperature down and making them cooler and El Niño brings much warmer ocean temperatures. Currently california is experiencing a weakened La Niña. With a 55% chance of this weather continuing for the next 3 months. La Niña affect patterns of rainfall, atmospheric pressure, and global atmospheric circulation. Even though California is in a severe drought, with coordination, modernization, and compromise, California should be able to provide enough water for a growing population and growing economy.

The California Drought is one of the most catastrophic weather and climate related events in recent history. It has singlehandedly altered the geographic landscape of the state and brought down entire industries to a grinding halt. Not since global warming became a prominent fixture in the national spotlight has a climate issue so deeply challenged Californians to reconsider their lifestyles according to their climate conditions. This essay will examine the origins of climate change and the California Drought, how the two are related, the current state of California as a result of the drought, and the future outlook of California.

Right now there is a drought in California and it is due to the water usage. Bach in the gold rush due to miners mining for gold, the rivers became polluted and freshwater became limited. After the earthquake in San Francisco that cause a big fire, San Francisco was in dire need of water so they made a plan to built a dam in Hetch Hetchy. Many people argue as to whether to build the dam and in the end the dam was built and that has shape California’s water system hugely. The use of water in California now has not been in the best interest of the state because The amount of water use for agriculture is disportional, laws are making us use more water than needed and the Indians and environment are being harm.

California is undergoing a huge environmental crisis of water shortages across the state. California produces almost half of the US grown vegetables, fruits, and nuts. It produces more than 400 commodities (CDFA,2013). The drought has had a huge effect on agriculture because the farmers have received drastic cuts on their water usages which greatly affected their yields. The whole United States is feeling the effects due to the drought because of less crop yields, prices have

Sometimes a crisis can lead to an opportunity for innovation and new inventions. When California was in the middle of a serious drought, a variety of companies banded together to find a solution; their result was the invention Drop-A-Brick 2.0 and the project Shock the Drought. Participants included Jake Kirsch of Shock Top Brewing Co.(a beer company that has a large demographic in California), Anheuser-Busch, Indiegogo (a crowdfunding company), Save Our Water (California's official water conservation program), and Save the Drop (LA's official water conservation program). The crisis of the drought managed to bring a diverse group of companies together in order to solve the growing problem. Drop-A-Brick 2.0 is basically a rubber brick that can be put into toilet tanks to conserve water when flushing.

“For Angelica Gallegos, the worst part has been going without a shower for five months” (Source 2). There is an ongoing drought in California citizens need water, however farmers need it too. California should control aquifers.

California is currently experiencing the worst drought in history and its not only affecting California – its affecting everyone. The California drought has become a slow movie disaster. You don’t realize how bad it is, until it hits you hard.

There is a town out of water because of the farmers using too much water for their crops.There is no doubt that California is a big farming country evenly as important since California is in a big drought, without doubt farmers use a lot of water.If they use all the water the city won't have water.Private wells have gone dry before in California, Again not on a scale such as that in East Porterville this summer.-

The drought has a strong impact on the Californian economy as well, a whopping 2.74 billion dollars down that drain and twenty thousand jobs lost. Agriculture the major business hit by the drought. Agriculture uses eighty percent of California’s water, although it has a high water usage California agriculture is very important for the national economy (Ross). Half a million acers of farmland has been dried up due to the drought which means less money in agriculture. The almond industry uses ten percent of California’s water, taking one gallon of water to grow just one almond (Holthaus). Many people think that almonds are wasting water since it takes so much resources to cultivate. On the other hand California produces more than eighty percent

California is going on a four-year drought, having many devastating implications that are being felt by everyone in the state. The population hit the hardest has been the farmers of California. California, being economically driven by its agricultural production, is losing hundreds of thousands of jobs every year due to the lack of water. Farmers’ use 80% of water the state produces, directly influencing their production (Mieszkowski, 2014). The country heavily relies on California for much of its produce such as tomatoes, nuts, avocados, strawberries, broccoli, grapes and various others (Cooley et al. 2015). In 2014, harvested acreage was 6.9 million acres, the lowest it has been for the past 15 years. Farmers are now being forced to use significantly less land then before, but also ditch old irrigation techniques and implement new techniques to better conserve water; maximizing production as much as possible in order to combat the drought.

To begin with, CA has the 6th largest economy in the world and the largest economy in the US. Due to the drought, the california economy has gone down which in turn also affects the United States economy as well. According to CNN, this constant drought will affect everyone as California is an agricultural state and reputed as breadbasket to the whole world. It includes a large portion of agricultural output which is exported. As the agricultural industry needs reliable water supply from irrigation and rain, constant drought in the state is bound to affect the world. In addition, according to the USDA, they predict that there will be a 6% increase in fruit price and a 3% rise in vegetable prices due to the drought. Clearly, this drought is affecting us more than ever and it will continue to get worst. Therefore, we should fund this resolution.

Here in the desert we all know it’s a very dry place. You may also know that California is in a drought as well and the dryness of our area has resulted in many continuous disadvantages. People are conserving water as much as they can but maybe some of you out there are not doing your part in saving our water and I am here to tell you it is so simple! But first, let me provide some facts on the drought in California that should help you realize the dire situation we are in.

In California we are in a drought. On April 1st, the Governor of California Jerry Brown stood on a random patch of brown grass in the Sierra Nevada mountains which is usually covered with several feet of snow is when he announced the first forced water restrictions in the history of California.

Looking at all stakeholders in the case of drought in California versus almond, we have to collect information from many sources. From one source from the side of the almond’s farmers, I understand that the water usage restriction caused them a big loss. We also have to remember that almond farming creates lots of jobs. . we should see the big picture such as how the international industries involved in this situation. For example, The chocolate industry such Lindt, Nestle, Mars, Hersey and others depend their raw material such as almond. If we don’t take into account the importance almond production in the future, we will risk lots of lost jobs, and also loss of the internationally well-known high quality almond of California, which is the