California has been experienced drought for more than 5 years. However‚ most of people don’t realize California drought is a big environment disaster. The drought affects the agriculture directly‚ so that a lot of famers experience the loss of their products. According to the BBC news‚ California drought has already made more than 50‚000 people turn into unemployment‚ and the California drought also cause the economic loss accumulated to 2 billion Dollars. Other than that‚ the extremely drought lead to
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Agriculture and Restrictions in Texas Drought In the article “Upstream‚ Downstream” the author Jenna Craig tries to educate us on the drought in Texas. In this article Jenna Craig‚ states‚ “Since 2007‚ Texas has be experiencing one of the worst droughts in history”(Graig 1). It has effected the state in many ways. It has hurt rice farming drastically‚ which is important because rice farming is huge and Texas. It has also impacted people living on lakes or rivers because that’s the water they use
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California is facing the most dramatic drought in history! As a consequence‚ more problems have occurred in the state. People are facing the struggle of not having enough water to bathe‚ wash clothes‚ and do dishes. This massive drought started three years ago and has not gotten any better. Farmers and citizens are fighting over the water. As a result‚ water is running out and the only any to save it is to have laws. Based on the economic problems citizens are facing‚ the county should control aquifer
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through this every day. California in the midst of the most cataclysmic drought it’s ever been in‚ for countless Californian farmers are vexed at the numerous regulations the government is trying to put in place over groundwater. In my opinion‚ California’s Government should control the use of underground water. “Officials say that at least 1‚300 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville”(Source 2). The drought has left countless people without water‚ a valuable resource that everyone
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thought through on how California is experiencing a serious drought and the state will be challenged to meet its water needs in the upcoming year? 2013 was the driest year in recorded history for many areas of California‚ and current conditions suggest no change is in sight for 2014.Water is always important in California‚ but this year no one in California can afford to waste any water. What is a Drought? If you say the word “drought‚” most people think hot‚ dry weather with too little rain. While
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I think we should recycle water because if we go on a drought we can last 4 years‚ but we would only use it when we need it the most. We would only need it for a season or 2 then we know after we will get rain so this can save our lives. But that is if we do manage to somehow go on a drought‚ then that is when we will start to use the recycling water process and i’m thinking that it would be the cleanest water that we ever drank in our life. It would affect the U.S. economy though because if
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WHAT IS A DROUGHT? While other parts of the country receive good rain. Others‚ such as the drought of 1982±83‚ can affectmore than half of the country. Droughts can beshort and intense‚ such as the drought that lastedfrom 1 April 1982 to 28 February 1983; or they canbe long lived‚ such as the drought from 1 March1991 to 31 December 1995. When drought comes to Australia‚ agriculturesuffers first and most severely Ð and eventuallyeveryone feels the impact. Economic impactsDrought affects farmers
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This is the fourth year of the great drought and scientists say it will be the worst drought in 1‚200 years. The negative effects of this drought is that fields will go fallow‚ forests will catch fire‚ and wells will come up dry. California is already having some of these effects (maybe). California has underwent a mandatory water rationing for cities in the state. Even though California is going through tough times right now‚ it won’t last forever. Rain and snow from the high Sierra will return
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If you didn’t know California is in a major drought. It isn’t like half of California it’s 100% of California. It is so bad that farmers have stopped receiving water to water their plants. Even most of the reservoirs in California are only half full. This is the third year with a California drought. A lot of the food we make like tomatoes‚ almonds‚ and broccoli are being affected too. California produces 90% of all the United states tomatoes‚ 95% of the Nation’s broccoli‚ and 99% of the Nation’s
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month of dry and hot spell‚ Kuala Lumpur has reached the second highest temperature ever recorded (38⁰C) on Tuesday‚ 4th of March. Prolonged dry season with below average precipitation is the natural cause for drought. The state government has taken a right action by implementing water rationing on two days interval at affected areas. Although water rationing can help to conserve water in the dams‚ it could not solve drought problems forever. Severe drought brings greatest impact on agricultural
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