[abruzzi]

But farmers aren't the only consumers of water, so is everyone that lives in CA. The issue as I see it is the drought combined with agriculture combine to drive the price of water up and it's unlikely the corrective (forcing farmers to migrate out of state to water rich locations) will happen before critical levels are hit for servicing residential populations and their needs.

[seanflyon]

Farmers are not the only consumers of water, but they consume approximately 80% of it. We are nowhere near running out of drinking water.

[refurb]

Water is allocated via water rights. Not sure the specifics, but I would guess the gov't has water priorities and wouldn't let SF go dry just to keep the farms going.