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NASW-CA Concerned About Exceptionally Severe Drought

NASW-CA remains deeply concerned
about our state’s severe drought that
will cost the California more than
$2 billion and near 20,000 jobs.

Social workers and social services in central California will be in greater demand as more folks lose their jobs, farmers lose their income/businesses…and after a while everything else.

 
California’s Drought Is ‘The Greatest Water Loss Ever Seen,’ And The Effects Will Be Severe

By Jennifer Welsh

California’s current drought will cost the state $2.2 billion and 17,000 jobs, researchers announced at a press conference July 15 in Washington, D.C. The findings are from a new report from the UC Davis Center for Watershed Science.

California is one of the U.S.’s biggest food producers — responsible for almost half the country’s produce and nuts and 25% of our milk and cream. Eighty percent of the world’s almonds come from the state, and they take an extraordinary amount of water to produce — 1.1 gallons per almond

 But this food-rich state is in its third year of drought. In May, 100% of the state was in drought and the food-producing Central Valley was in an “exceptional drought.”

 READ MORE….

 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/californias-2014-drought-greatest-water-174446516.html

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