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It’s good to remember that California is one of the biggest states, with land area similar to Japan or Sweden. This area covers a wide variety of climates, from towering frozen mountains to one of the lowest and hottest places on the planet. It’s not a place that admits much generalization.

I sort of laughed when the california bottling companies are made out to be water-wasting-villains.

Even if there was an extreme drought, putting water in people's bodies via drinking should never be curtailed.

(though maybe stop watering crops with brawndo)

Just for some context, a million gallons of water is about three feet covering one acre. Almonds use four per year. There are individual farms in the California delta using three orders of magnitude more per year.