California's Water Problems Are Getting Serious

Evidence suggests that the western us. Is in the worst mega drought of the last 12 hundred years. 60 million people are at constant risk of wildfire evacuation or running dangerously low on their water supplies. The state government puts into place sweeping conservation mandates when needed, like this year requiring local water agencies to reduce usage to about 20%. But they're looking at other solutions, bigger ones, more future minded ones.

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