California is in its fourth year in the worst drought the state has seen in 1,200 years.
Yet many Californians continue to use virtually the same amounts of water they were using before the drought began.
Some have cited almonds as the culprit, since the tasty snack use a whole gallon of water per nut.
Compared with noshing on a few almonds, though, many other activities are far worse in terms of the amount of water they require, from watering huge lawns to keeping sprawling waterparks open all season.
Keeping their swimming pools full — especially in the middle of the desert. The average Palm Springs resident uses a whopping 201 gallons of water, more than twice the state average.
Playing golf. A single golf course requires roughly 400,000 gallons of water per day, reports the hospitality association Hotel & Leisure Advisors.
Filling decorative ponds. New state regulations proposed last week ask communities like Palm Springs — where residents use more than 165 gallons of water per person per day — to cut back their usage by 35%.
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