American press: Up to 1 million Californians lost permanent access to clean water
The American press is sounding the alarm in connection with a large-scale drought in California. The American media claims that the parameters of the drought are such as "have not been for about 1200 years." At the same time, the materials provide data from scientists who give just such historical The result is based on a number of conducted studies of climate and local soils.
The drought has affected the California Valley, which is a major center for irrigated agriculture. Also in this valley there is a large-scale cultivation of farm animals. Now it's all under threat.
Groundwater resources in the California Valley are reported to be depleted, depleting the ability to irrigate local farmland.
"Forbes" writes that the agricultural industry of the California Valley, the volume of which is estimated at $ 20 billion, is faced with natural phenomena that man was not able to overcome.
The problem threatens the entire United States of America, since it is in California that up to 40 percent of fruits, vegetables, and nuts are grown from the total volume of such US products. The total volume of agricultural products produced there is 8% of the American.
One of the local residents (a resident of the city of Riverdale) says that nature itself tells a person about serious problems in California. According to him, the pump from the well is increasingly pumping not clean water, but mud mixed with sand. It got to the point that the sand got into the washing machine, disabled it.
After that, the sand clogged the mechanisms and the sediment itself, in connection with which it also failed.
The American media write that in 2022 the number of dry wells and wells in California increased by 60% compared to 2021, in connection with which “up to 1 million Californians lost permanent access to clean water.” Water has to be imported from other regions, but this is clearly not an option for irrigated agriculture.
Daisy Gonzalez, California Valley Community Aquatic Center coordinator:
We have to admit that the water level is falling. We are located in an agricultural region, which endangers not only private households, but the entire agricultural industry. The drought is getting more and more threatening.
Local farmers speak of additional difficulties: employees of agricultural enterprises cannot work more than 2 hours without a long break after this period, since the crops often have to be harvested at temperatures up to 40 degrees in the shade.
US Senior Resources and Climate Specialist Jose Ortiz Partida:
California is the richest state in the richest country in the world, and the situation is now such that up to a million people here do not have constant access to drinking water.
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