California, richest state is USA ,facing water shortages
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For the middle-class town Lake of the Woods, the absence of rain is posing a fundamental threat to drinking water.
rajendrashende‘s insight:
Had California been an independent country , it would be 9th largest economy in the world. Richie rich state in USA, with software giants, wealthy farmers and home for hollywood stars, is unable to cope with water scarcity. Ban on watering lawns and washing cars, not the conscientious homeowners who clean their dishes in the sink and reuse the gray water on trees, not even the three inches of rain that soaked the area last weekend. Three attempts to drill new wells, going down 500 feet, have failed. Lesson to the world. Money cannot be eaten or drunk.
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