Silicon
Valley **w at
Epicenter of
Worst California Drought in Decades
The weekly U.S.
Drought Monitor is out, and the statistics are exceptionally grim for
California and parts of the Southwest
For the first time in the 15-year history of the monitor, 100% of
California is experiencing "moderate" to "exceptional" drought. A
majority of the state (77%) is experiencing "extreme" to "exceptional" drought, which are the two most severe categories. That was up nearly 10 percentage points compared to just one week ago.
The
Worst Drought category **w extends across all of
Silicon Valley and Monterrey County, where water managers are an**uncing cutbacks to summertime water deliveries, and are putting in place water restrictions that could impact everyone from individual households to high-tech manufacturers of computer chips
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