This report by CBC’s Joanna Wagstaffe surveys the measures that may be necessary to ensure there is water for all residents. It will be mean less water for everyone but it could bring an end to lucrative agriculture in places like the Imperial Valley. It is from such places that we see the wonderful plums and other fruit. The economic impact on California would be staggering. It is crisis that has been a while in the making. Cities like Los Angeles are naturally arid places made possible by water from the Colorado River stored in the artificial Lake Meade. That’s disappearing too. A time may be come when the state simply can’t support as many people as it does now.
