Everyone knows it's been hot and dry for way too long in the west. Reservoirs built to retain water and produce electricity are drying up at an alarming pace, meaning people will be thirsty and living without air conditioning soon.
Nevertheless, several dams are currently being deconstructed in the interest of fish preservation. Proposed new dams have been put on the back burner. A significantly large portion of what precipitation does fall escapes downriver to the ocean and there are no realistic plans in the works to alter that fact. And as farmer's fields go dormant for lack of water, fruit, vegetables and nuts grown in California and other western states will being to disappear from the nation's grocery shelves.
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