The drought in California is getting worse, and the state’s golf courses could be seriously impacted if water restrictions become a reality. Some are already taking measures to cut back on their water usage.
“This could potentially be the driest water year in 500 years,” a University of California at Berkeley professor told the Daily Beast.
The state has stopped delivering water to local agencies that serve 25 million people and roughly 750,000 acres of farm land, and the Associated Press reports that 17 small, rural communities in Sonoma and Santa Cruz counties are “in danger of running out of water within four months.”
It’s important to note that the drought isn’t exclusively California’s problem, as water resources in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada and other states are also running perilously low.