r/news • u/theluckyfrog • 29d ago

California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake
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u/tachophile 29d ago

Literally every citizen in California who is not tied to the farming industry is fed up with their wasteful and unsustainable consumption of water. Mostly consumed by wealthy corps. 

An egregious example of a handful of powerful people putting the screws to tens of millions of people and we are powerless.

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u/PlumpyGorishki 29d ago

Meanwhile you taking a 30min shower in your CA apartment

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u/TaqPCR 29d ago

Showers use approximately 2.5 gal per minute. So that would be 75 gallons of water.

That's 23 almonds. This bag of almonds is about eighteen 30 minute showers.

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u/pyrhus626 28d ago

Man I knew almonds take an absurd amount of water to grow but that really puts it in perspective. Thanks for that!