Newsom's Disaster

California by the Numbers

Infrastructure Failure

Water Mismanagement

No New Reservoir in 45 Years. 2B Gallons/Day Wasted.

1979
Last Reservoir
45 years ago
0
Prop 1 ($7.5B)
reservoirs built
2B gal
Water to Ocean
per day wasted
20x
Price Disparity
cities vs farms

California hasn't built a major reservoir since 1979—while adding 15 million people. Voters approved $7.5B for water storage in 2014; 10 years later, zero reservoirs completed. Meanwhile, 2 billion gallons of stormwater flow to the ocean daily. Agriculture uses 80% of water and pays $36/acre-foot; cities use 20% and pay $722 (20x more). Some farm districts get water FREE. But homeowners face $500 fines for lawn watering.