Water woes

摘要

EACH day, Larry Easterling watches thousands and thousands of gallons of water pass by his pistachio orchards on the west side of California's San Joaquin Valley. Easterling is manager and part-owner of the King Pistachio Grove, and is a partner in Kettleman Pistachio Growers, which farms a total of 1,878 acres along the California Aqueduct. The aqueduct is a man-made river that takes water from Northern California, where water is relatively plentiful, and moves it to the parched central and southern parts of the state.