You’ve probably been hearing a lot of things about the drought. You’ve heard that we are in a pretty extreme drought situation, you’ve seen that many of California’s water reservoirs are almost completely dried up and you know that we need to start being more conservative with California’s water. But two questions that many California citizens are asking and often not receiving a clear answer to are “How much rain does California need to end the drought?” and “What will happen if California actually runs out of water?”

We’ve heard people ask these questions quite often and are frustrated when they don’t receive a real answer. Well, here are some answers:

How much rain does California need to end the drought?

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It’s no secret that California is experiencing the worst drought since over 100 years ago. But what does that really mean? How much water does California actually need?

To be frank, California needs about 11 trillion gallons of water to replace the extreme deficit in our water reservoirs. Each year since 2011, four trillion gallons have disappeared from the San Joaquin and Sacramento water basins. Reaching the goal of replacing 11 trillion gallons of water is expected to take about 3 years.

What will happen if California actually runs out of water? 

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Since the governor of California recently announced a mandate enforcing strict water usage, the seriousness of the drought has started to receive the necessary attention from California residents. A hard question that many are asking in this situation is “What will happen if California does actually run out of water?”

If California actually runs out of its water supply, that means a few things:

The good news is, despite reports that California is going to run out of water in just a year, Ted Thomas, a spokesman for the California Department of Water Resources, has assured us that’s just a rumor. “In periods like this there will be shortages,” he said, “of course, but the state as a whole is not going to run dry in a year or two years.”

So while you don’t necessarily have to worry about the California water apocalypse happening tomorrow, you should still do what you can to save California’s water!

Check out this article on how you can get paid to save water in California.

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