Seven States Reach Record Drought Levels
May 30

Two of the biggest commodities affected by the droughts were the growth of winter wheat crops in the Great Plains states (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas), and water reservoirs in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada). Reservoir storage levels ranged from two thirds their normal average in Arizona, to only about a third of their standard amount in Nevada. In California, reservoirs are so low that farmers have left many fields fallow. For over a year, California has trudged through the worst recorded drought in its history, and experts say that depletion of the state’s water supply is occurring so rapidly that at the current rate, only a couple years’ worth of water remains.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/24/states-without-water_n_5386035.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
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