All in all, people in the United States are very lucky to have the geographical features North America provides.
Droughts have negatively impacted the state of California over the last decade or so. According to Inside Climate News, as much as 27 percent of the drought can be attributed to global warming (Bagley 2015). On the micro scale, residents could only use a certain amount of water per household.
On the macro scale, California’s agriculture business affects the world’s economy and Global Food Security, or the accessibility all people have to food that is nutritious and nontoxic. The world heavily relies off of the sunshine state’s massive export industries, including dairy, fish, tourism, computers (Apple and Google, among the top tech giants), wine, oil, and film production – all of which rely off of California’s dwindling water supply.
My friend, Jessie, and her family, are from the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She remembers when they had to use buckets to shower between 2014 and 2016: “They still keep a bucket in the shower and occasionally use it to water, but I believe Manhattan Beach has been a lot more relaxed about people watering their yards,” Jessie said. But even now, they can only water their lawns and gardens at night. “At least we can water our lawns without having to use shower water now!”
