California is a special case of bat s*** crazy. Having lived in southern arizona, I know a few things about ground water. There is a saying there, "Summer is not here until the ice breaks on the Santa Cruz." The Santa Cruz is a river that runs through the city of Tucson and is dry most of the year - the ice breaks when the temperature hits 100 degrees. When I was there, and honestly, I would move instantly to the high desert is I could, we had huge numbers of people moving to the city from the north and east. They all wanted yards - lawns. City could not handle the water demand then. I'd not move back to Tucson - it's crap hole run by California progressives and have turned it into a garbage pit, oh, wait back on message... The biggest issue for Arizona was the open pit copper mines. Huge ground water users. back to California - near the coast, the state is basically air conditioned. 90% of the remainder of the state is arid or pure desert. yet to support the ever increasing population, the state ran all of the agriculture down to Mexico. They live on water from the Colorado river. As for Canada, NOBODY lives there. Yes, I know there are some people up there (thank you for the hockey), but the density is insignificant.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.