California's Drought Woes Deepen

SANTA YNEZ, CA - JULY 31: Cachuma Lake, a medium size reservoir (205,000 acre-feet) on California's Central Coast services agriculture interests and communities in Santa Barbara County is viewed in sunny conditions at 54% capacity on July 31, 2021, near Santa Ynez, California. The coastal branch of the California State Water Project (aka California Aqueduct) terminates at Cachuma Lake with a pipeline atop Bradbury Dam. Local water managers are releasing the water to support groundwater recharging down stream along the Santa Ynez River used by ranchers, grape growers, hotels, one very large casino, golf courses, vegetable farmers, cannabis growers, and municipalities such as Solvang, Buellton, Santa Ynez, and Lompoc, to get them through the drought days and months ahead. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)