カリフォルニアの昨年来の水不足は終息する気配すら無い。統計的には1月は一年で最も降水量が多い時期なのだが。
取水制限の影響は甚大で、農業、畜産、漁業など多方面に影響が出るだろう。もちろん日常生活にも。
Parched, California Cuts Off Tap to Agencies
LOS ANGELES — Responding to one of the worst droughts in California’s history, state officials announced on Friday that they would cut off the water to local agencies serving 25 million residents and about 750,000 acres of farmland.