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The alleged theft by these cannabis growers thereby totals the annual water needs of up to 5,000 people, amid a terrible drought in the summer of 2022 in California.
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A study of [[water theft]] included this observation:
 
A study of [[water theft]] included this observation:
 
{{cquote|Northern California, where highly valuable legalized marijuana production requires large volumes of water, motivating some growers to steal urban and rural water under a low probability of detection.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0589-3.epdf?sharing_token=z4HqzWXdqHTFsfff5b3jN9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PKSBHAtzRLLFHndYPi3aK0JZX_8QFXoi-TzOLWhpQ7zp73oHGOWYMeMvvyEpliT0aNbOfz28OOO_UewdQS38N4NNYN0t0OPdmvhz1n6p_xUYPAXIXz2-95DouVf6g-UJS_hP4iCH0T9TdSQgydh6OfP7k5Xz_tC8VctH_45KqRDY07uoUN141R_lDd5zvgYA0%3D&tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|Northern California, where highly valuable legalized marijuana production requires large volumes of water, motivating some growers to steal urban and rural water under a low probability of detection.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0589-3.epdf?sharing_token=z4HqzWXdqHTFsfff5b3jN9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PKSBHAtzRLLFHndYPi3aK0JZX_8QFXoi-TzOLWhpQ7zp73oHGOWYMeMvvyEpliT0aNbOfz28OOO_UewdQS38N4NNYN0t0OPdmvhz1n6p_xUYPAXIXz2-95DouVf6g-UJS_hP4iCH0T9TdSQgydh6OfP7k5Xz_tC8VctH_45KqRDY07uoUN141R_lDd5zvgYA0%3D&tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com</ref>}}
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==Theft of Santa Ynez River water==
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[[Cannabis]] growers in [[California]] are stealing massive amounts of water from the Santa Ynez River, according to a complaint filed with the state regulatory authority in September 2022 asserting that:
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{{cquote|more than 70% of cannabis cultivators are using surface water, which includes subsurface flows beneath the riverbed, in violation of state laws restricting cannabis water sources.  Of the 31 cultivators along the Santa Ynez River between Cachuma Lake and Lompoc, 21 are pumping and irrigating with river water, the complaint alleges, based on the report from Lynker Technologies that says nearly 500 acre-feet of river water is being used for cannabis annually.<ref name="Report">https://lompocrecord.com/business/agriculture/complaint-filed-with-state-alleging-illegal-santa-ynez-river-water-use-by-cannabis-cultivators/article_b05fb07e-53ec-56f7-b406-8b1ab56fdfff.html</ref>}}
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Merely one acre-foot of water is enough to supply a year's worth of water of 4 to 10 people in an urban environment.<ref name="Report"/>  The alleged theft by these cannabis growers thereby totals the annual water needs of up to 5,000 people, amid a terrible drought in the summer of 2022 in [[California]].
 
== Humboldt County, California ==
 
== Humboldt County, California ==
  
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