HOW IS WATER USED IN CALIFORNIA REGIONS?

In California, the majority of water is used for agriculture.

About 45% of the roughly 76,000 thousand acre-feet of water used on average between 2008 and 2018, the most recent 10 years available, was used for agriculture.

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ENVIRONMENTAL USES, AGRICULTURE USES, AND URBAN USES

See statewide water use breakdown

CALIFORNIA WATER USE BREAKDOWN

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Note: Does not include 2017 data, which was not available
Map: Grace Manthey/ABC7 ● Source: California Department of Water Resources