Okay, you got me. In this case I didn't. Still, I have always figured if California would have a bit more water if they go rid of millions of illegal aliens.
It’s OK, I read it for you.
Illegals have nothing to do with it.
AS the article points out the majority of farmers are still using spray irrigation rather than much more efficient drip irrigation. There probably should be financial assistance to help farmers shift into the more efficient method. I love almonds, and the quote below I find very disappointing. Also why 70% of the almonds shipped out of country, when the area is so needful of water?
“During the last drought, from 2012 to 2016, Central Valley farmers doubled their plantings in water-intensive almond orchards to 800,000 acres. Ten percent of the state’s available water supply goes to those almond orchards, or roughly half the water consumed by California’s urban users. Every almond harvested in the Central Valley takes a gallon of water to produce, and 70 percent of the crop is exported, primarily to India and China.