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by dirtae 4018 days ago
Which entire counties get nothing when they turn on their faucets?
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Quite a bit of the central valley. I attended a recent talk by the director of the CA water board, and she said this was her #1 priority... getting them water. The state is currently trucking in bottled water to these communities.
Why would I be down voted for this?!
Some folks are pretty grumpy. Don't worry, it'll likely be fixed in a little while.
Tulare ran out not too long ago.
I found a link. I wasn't able to reply to the commenter below. http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/california-a-state...
Visalia is the county seat of Tulare county. I cannot find any articles mentioning that people in Visalia get nothing when they turn on their faucets. Can you link me to a source?
Ah, you're concerned about 'entire'. Yes. As of 2014, it's just people without the means or skills to change their situation. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/us/california-drought-tula...

It's more accurate to say, municipal water authorities can no longer meet demand.

edit: read that as countries, not counties

India is getting there [1]

[1]http://thewaterproject.org/water-in-crisis-india