WRITTEN BY : JOHN SABEY , C H I E F TECHNICAL OFFICER , PROSEP

ABOUT TO ENTER its fourth year , the California drought has resulted in stringent controls on water usage , to say the least : Governor Jerry Brown has imposed unprecedented measures to cut water use by 25 percent across the state — and even though farmers in the delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers have volunteered extra reductions , efforts to stave off further mandatory cuts have failed thus far .

However , as California ’ s agriculture sector struggles to reduce its consumption of water – estimated to be 80 percent of the state ’ s total – eyes are turning to California ’ s other big producer : the oil and gas industry .

California is not only the biggest producer of fruits , nuts and vegetables