Water Use In California

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My topic was water use In California. My question is what is making agriculture water use falling? My thesis explains water use was falling from all the droughts that occur. The most immediate consequence of drought is a fall in crop production, due to inadequate therefore, poorly distributed rainfall. I worked alone, so I did all the parts. What I didn’t know about water use in California before I researched was that fifty percent of all our water is environmental, forty percent of our water is agricultural and the last ten percent is urban. If I had a longer time to work on my benchmark, I would be able to complete the benchmark I didn’t finish. If you’re in a drought, I’m going to ask to carry bottles of water, save the water that humans

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