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NASA scientist: California has only one year of water in reservoirs

By Take Two Staff
Published Mar 16, 2015
CUPERTINO, CA - JANUARY 30: Low water levels are visible at the Stevens Creek Reservoir on January 30, 2014 in Cupertino, California. Now in its third straight year of drought conditions, California is experiencing its driest year on record, dating back 119 years, and reservoirs throughout the state have low water levels. Santa Clara County reservoirs are at three percent of capacity or lower. California Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared a drought emergency to speed up assistance to local governments, streamline water transfers and potentially ease environmental protection requirements for dam releases. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
CUPERTINO, CA - JANUARY 30: Low water levels are visible at the Stevens Creek Reservoir on January 30, 2014 in Cupertino, California.
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NASA scientist: California has only one year of water in reservoirs

Four years into an extreme drought, California has only about a year's worth of water stored in reservoirs. Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist with NASA's JPL, warned of dire consequences if the state doesn't take action.

In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, Famiglietti suggested mandatory water rationing and a fast-tracking of California's groundwater management plan, passed last year.