Science and Technology : California needs 11 trillion gallons of water: NASA

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20 devastating photos show what California's drought-stricken reservoirs look like now compared with a decade ago


California is in the middle of its fifth year in drought. Experts say it has been the worst the state has seen in 1,200 years.

Dwindling reservoirs, shrinking lakes, and dried-up farm fields dot the state's landscape — and despite some recent signs of recovery, the overall outlook is still ominously dry ...

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California drought is officially over: See how the state has recovered in these before-and-after photos

After years of brown fields and cracked earth, the California drought is officially over, months of drenching storms and melting snowpack have replenished reservoirs, which began drying up in late 2011. Governor Jerry Brown has lifted most stipulations of an emergency order he implemented in January 2014, about two years after the conditions crossed the line into drought ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-drought-officially-over-see-130420132.html

California drought before and after

David Sim
International Business TimesApril 12, 2017


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For some Californians, effects of punishing drought not over

HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Knee-high tufts of grass dot the streets of Hardwick, a rural neighborhood with a few dozen homes hemmed in by vineyards and walnut and almond orchards in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley.

Despite winter storms that have turned much of California's parched landscape to vibrant green, the drought has yet to loosen its grip on thousands of residents in the valley; many people must still use water stored in large tanks in their yard to wash dishes and bathe ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californians-effects-punishing-drought-not-over-132547404.html

In this photo taken April 10, 2017, is David Miguel at his home in the community of Hardwick in the San Joaquin Valley where drought has yet to loosen its grip on some residents near Hanford, Calif. State officials lifted the drought emergency for much California, but thousands of people like Miguel still live on water tanks because their wells ran dry. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)




SCOTT SMITH
Associated PressApril 15, 2017


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