Storms Show California’s Outdated Plumbing Puts Ag Economy at Risk
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Storms Show California’s Outdated Plumbing Puts Ag Economy at Risk – Bloomberg
The atmospheric rivers that have swept over California — claiming at least 19 lives and dumping 24 trillion gallons of rain since December — would seemingly help the state’s depleted water supply. Yet they’ve also shown one of California’s key infrastructure shortcomings as climate change intensifies weather extremes.