Central Valley Drought Analysis

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I live in the Central Valley area of California. The Central Valley is an agricultural economy. In Fresno County, half of the county’s acreage is in use as farmland. These agricultural operations contribute more than $5 billion (US) to the state economy. Twenty percent of the jobs in the area are related to agricultural. There are come crops grown here that aren’t grown anywhere else in the world. (Fresno county farm bureau: Fresno county ag, 2007). The state has been hurt by four long years of drought. A study conducted by UC Davis estimate the losses, due to the drought, to be over $2 billion.
Any new company to the Central Valley would first need to make sure there was a water supply available. It isn’t just farming that uses water.