250,000 Acre Feet
If you were to take one whole acre and fill it up with water to a depth of 12 inches, that would be 1 acre foot. Times that by 250,000 is what California is pouring into the ocean to save a little fish that's two inches long. Meanwhile, we're in a drought and they're giving out heavy fines for people watering their grass. Grass watering makes up a total of 6% water usage for the entire state, yet that's California's main strategy for combating the drought.
If you were to take one whole acre and fill it up with water to a depth of 12 inches, that would be 1 acre foot. Times that by 250,000 is what California is pouring into the ocean to save a little fish that's two inches long. Meanwhile, we're in a drought and they're giving out heavy fines for people watering their grass. Grass watering makes up a total of 6% water usage for the entire state, yet that's California's main strategy for combating the drought.