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California Drought
Beneath the green lawns and endless orchards of California, a quiet wager was unfolding. The state believed it could outsmart drought, outbuild nature, and outpace the past. But the cracks in that confidence were already forming, invisible to most, waiting to surface.For over a hundred years, California’s identity was shaped by its water ambitions. Massive reservoirs towered over the Sierra foothills, while aqueducts snaked across plains, carrying snowmelt and river water to the thirsty valleys and sprawling cities below. By the early twenty-tens, water felt as reliable as electricity. People…
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