Leaks sound more reasonable then why California and some other western states wind up in major droughts! Lower then usual rainfall could still sustain the entire west coast but a very small group of almond farmers use up more water (by a huge margin too) then all the population combined does for drinking/bathing etc! It’s ridiculous the amount of water almond trees take and even worse they are supplemented by the damn government so they don’t even have to pay for the water they use and almost seem to have priority over the residents! Totally idiotic to make millions and millions of people struggle to have enough water so a dozen farmers can keep growing almonds! And the worst part is think same story said that like 98% of the almonds they grow are sold to other countries cuz Americans just don’t eat them!