Note to students: Thailand has its own water problems and I imagine there will be many jobs in the future related to water conservation.
Reliable statistics are hard to find, but there are certainly more than 100,000 Thais living in California, probably more than that in the Los Angeles area alone. When California Thais talk to relatives and friends back home, one topic is sure to be water – or rather the lack of it.
It is too early to put all the blame on climate change, but California is suffering from an historic drought with no end in sight.
Yesterday, the Government ordered a series of mandatory restrictions in the use of water. There may be more to come. Here are the details from AFP.