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  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
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  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_126.jpg
  • Almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_098.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_014.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_013.jpg
  • Rainwater collects by side of the road and Almond orchard during a sever drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_150.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_153.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_082.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_081.jpg
  • No oilfield traffic sign next to groundwater well with oil well pumpjack and cotton field in background. Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, has seen a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. San Joachin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_146.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_193.jpg
  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_138.jpg
  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_122.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_034.jpg
  • Deer Creek Recharge and Wildlife Project was constructed originally as a recharge facility but was converted for habitat enhancement as well. Once host to over 1,000 bird types, after three years of severe drought, it is completely dry, the trees are dying and the birds have left. Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_264.jpg
  • Deer Creek Recharge and Wildlife Project was constructed originally as a recharge facility but was converted for habitat enhancement as well. Once host to over 1,000 bird types, after three years of severe drought, it is completely dry, the trees are dying and the birds have left. Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_261.jpg
  • Groundwater well and standpipe for crop irrigation. Porterville, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_168.jpg
  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_144.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_159.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_100.jpg
  • Cracked earth in front of grape vineyard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_087.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_212.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_184.jpg
  • The local fire department in East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, provides non potable water for local residents who have run out of water after their wells ran dry. While not suitable for drinking, it can be used for washing, cleaning and irrigation. Many wells started running dry in the Spring of 2014 as a result of three years of severe drought. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_126.jpg
  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_132.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_143.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_239.jpg
  • Donna Johnson, a 72 year old resident of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, has been delivering water on an almost daily basis to many of her fellow townsfolk who had run out of water. Last June many of the towns wells started to run dry as a result of the severe drought conditions in the area. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_119.jpg
  • Fallow crop field outside of Fresno. Three years of severe drought has led to a dramtic increase in unplanted farmland. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_042.jpg
  • Fallow crop field outside of Fresno. Three years of severe drought has led to a dramtic increase in unplanted farmland. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_039.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_025.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_016.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_011.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_001.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_155.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_148.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_140.jpg
  • Rod Cardella stand in fron of the California Aqueduct next to his farm. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_112.jpg
  • The California Aqueduct is a 444 mile canal, part of the California State Water Project, that carries water from Northern California to Southern California, San Joaquin Valley, Mendota, Fresno County California, USA
    US_CA_83_109.jpg
  • Groundwater well with cracked earth. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_078.jpg
  • Worker shoveling a crop field. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Political sign for Families Protecting the Valley activist group. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Water well being drilling next to oil well and fracking site in almond orchard. Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, has seen a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_075.jpg
  • Water well being drilling next to oil well and fracking site in almond orchard. Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, has seen a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_072.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_242.jpg
  • Drill bit in front of water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_188.jpg
  • Donna Johnson, a 72 year old resident of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, has been delivering water on an almost daily basis to many of her fellow townsfolk who had run out of water. Last June many of the towns wells started to run dry as a result of the severe drought conditions in the area. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_096.jpg
  • The Friant-Kern Canal is an irrigation canal and part of the Central Valley Project aqueduct. Delano, Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_204.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_012.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_085.jpg
  • Tractor hoeing crop field for planting. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_052.jpg
  • Water well being drilling next to oil well and fracking site in almond orchard. Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, has seen a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_074.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_205.jpg
  • The local fire department in East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, provides non potable water for local residents who have run out of water after their wells ran dry. While not suitable for drinking, it can be used for washing, cleaning and irrigation. Many wells started running dry in the Spring of 2014 as a result of three years of severe drought. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_129.jpg
  • Donna Johnson, a 72 year old resident of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, has been delivering water on an almost daily basis to many of her fellow townsfolk who had run out of water. Last June many of the towns wells started to run dry as a result of the severe drought conditions in the area. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_112.jpg
  • A Trailer park resident in East Porterville. Like many other residents of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, his well ran dry and now depends on bottled water being delivered by Donna Johnson who since last June has been distributing water to her neighbors in need. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_101.jpg
  • Donna Johnson, a 72 year old resident of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, has been delivering water on an almost daily basis to many of her fellow townsfolk who had run out of water. Last June many of the towns wells started to run dry as a result of the severe drought conditions in the area. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_081.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_020.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_017.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_008.jpg
  • The Friant-Kern Canal is an irrigation canal and part of the Central Valley Project aqueduct. Delano, Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_213.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_005.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_142.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_079.jpg
  • The Friant-Kern Canal is an irrigation canal and part of the Central Valley Project aqueduct. Delano, Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_208.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_183.jpg
  • Farmers are leaving more fields fallow after three years of severe drought. Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_82_002.jpg
  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought.  Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_075.jpg
  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought.  Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_066.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_080.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_004.jpg
  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_127.jpg
  • Almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_097.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_031.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_013.jpg
  • Deer Creek Recharge and Wildlife Project was constructed originally as a recharge facility but was converted for habitat enhancement as well. Once host to over 1,000 bird types, after three years of severe drought, it is completely dry, the trees are dying and the birds have left. Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_256.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_154.jpg
  • Irrigation ditch running next to vineyard and almond orchard. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_144.jpg
  • Rod Cardella stand in fron of the California Aqueduct next to his farm. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_114.jpg
  • Tractor hoeing crop field for planting. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_053.jpg
  • Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA
    US_CA_83_006.jpg
  • Drill bit in front of water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_232.jpg
  • Donna Johnson, a 72 year old resident of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, has been delivering water on an almost daily basis to many of her fellow townsfolk who had run out of water. Last June many of the towns wells started to run dry as a result of the severe drought conditions in the area. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_108.jpg
  • Donna Johnson, a 72 year old resident of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, has been delivering water on an almost daily basis to many of her fellow townsfolk who had run out of water. Last June many of the towns wells started to run dry as a result of the severe drought conditions in the area. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_106.jpg
  • Fallow crop fields with dusty road. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_132.jpg
  • Fallow crop field outside of Fresno. Three years of severe drought has led to a dramtic increase in unplanted farmland. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_044.jpg
  • Groundwater well and standpipe for crop irrigation. Porterville, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_165.jpg
  • Vicki Yorba, 95, shows a photo of her front lawn in better times. Like many other residents of East Porterville, a small town at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, Vicki’s well ran dry and now depends on bottled water being delivered by Donna Johnson who since last June has been distributing water to her neighbors in need. Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_123.jpg
  • Cracked and dry earth next to fallow crop field. Fresno County, San Joachin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_118.jpg
  • Lake Success is a reservoir and dam along the Tule River and provides water to nearby Porterville and East Porterville, small towns at the eastern edge of the Central Valley, and is at extremely low levels as a result of three years of severe drought.  Tulare County, California, USA
    US_CA_81_077.jpg
  • Groundwater well pumping into holding pond on Cardello Winery. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_168.jpg
  • Worker shoveling a crop field. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_83_054.jpg
  • Water well being drilled in Almond orchard. After three years of severe drought and groundwater depletion, a record number of well drilling permits have been granted, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
    US_CA_81_203.jpg