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TimeZarg t1_j3w1mmx wrote

Reply to comment by EatsRats in California's Current Snowpack Water Content vs Historical Levels [OC] by EngagingData

This, we'd need at least a couple years of less-scorching summers with rainy winters before a real dent could be made in the drought, it's hard to overstate how dry and depleted the state is, even after being clobbered by weeks of rain and snow we're still gonna have water problems.

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EatsRats t1_j3w3g70 wrote

I’m hearing people say the drought will be over this year…like, no dude. Definitely not.

People have very short memories and don’t really understand what a drought is and how impactful it can be.

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TimeZarg t1_j3w4648 wrote

On top of that, because of the drought we've been depleting groundwater at an even faster rate, and that takes much longer to replenish. So, during the next inevitable drought in the next 10 years or so we're not gonna have as much groundwater to fall back on.

We are, quite simply, using too much of a shrinking resource, and not enough is being done to deal with the problem. We needed to put the screws to the big agribusinesses years ago, that's where all the damned water's going.

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