Ka taƙaita labarin:  A karo na farko cikin shekaru 65 Ma'aikatar Kula da Albarkatun Ruwa ta California ba ta sami dusar ƙanƙara ba a lokacin binciken da aka yi na ƙasa a ƙafa 6,800 a cikin Sierra Nevada a farkon Afrilu. Gwamna Jerry Brown ya lura da binciken a ranar Laraba, wanda ya gano mafi ƙarancin matakin ruwa a cikin dusar ƙanƙara ta Sierra Nevada tun 1950 lokacin da aka fara rikodin. Shekara ta huɗu a jere na ɓacewar dusar ƙanƙara yana haifar da matsala yayin da California ta dogara da shi don narkewa cikin koguna da sake cika tafkuna. Yayin da yake tsaye a cikin wani fili mai launin ruwan kasa wanda yawanci dusar ƙanƙara ke rufe shi, Gwamna Brown ya ba da umarnin tsaftacewa, matakan da ba a taɓa gani ba don adana ruwa a jihar. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Menene bambanci a shekara: Rarrabawar sararin samaniya na yawan adadin ruwa a cikin dusar ƙanƙara a fadin Kogin Tuolumne Basin a cikin tsaunukan Sierra Nevada na California kamar yadda aka auna ta NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory kamar yadda aka gani a cikin hotuna daga Maris 25, 2015 (kasa) da Afrilu 7, 2014 (sama) 'Muna cikin sabon zamani; ra'ayin ku mai kyau kadan kore ciyawa samun ruwa a kowace rana, wannan zai zama wani abu na baya,' in ji Brown. Umurnin gwamnan ya bukaci birane da garuruwa su rage amfani da ruwa da kashi 25 cikin dari. Ya zuwa yanzu a cikin fari na yanzu, yawancin Californians ba su yi canje-canje ga ayyukansu na yau da kullun don adana ruwa ba ko kuma sun sami rauni a cikin walat ɗin su saboda shi. Halartar binciken tare da Gov Brown shine Daraktan DWR Mark Cowin, wanda ya ce Californians na iya tsammanin karɓar kusan babu ruwa daga ƙarancin dusar ƙanƙara yayin da yake narkewa a cikin makonni masu zuwa. 'Binciken na yau ya nuna tsananin fari a California,' in ji shi. 'Dole ne kiyaye ruwa ya zama hanyar rayuwa a lokacin mafi munin fari a rayuwar yawancin Californians.' A shekarun da ake yawan samun ruwan sama, dusar ƙanƙarar tana ba da kashi 30 bisa ɗari na ruwan da California take bukata sa'ad da ta narke a lokacin bazara da kuma rani. A tarihin California watanni na hunturu mafi ruwa sun riga sun wuce, kuma fari yanzu ya kasance a cikin shekara ta huɗu a jere, rahoton AGWeb. Frank Gehrke, a hagu, shi ne shugaban kamfanin California Cooperative Snow Surveys...
A karo na farko cikin shekaru 75 Ma'aikatar Kula da Albarkatun Ruwa ta California ba ta sami dusar ƙanƙara ba a lokacin binciken da ta yi na Sierra Nevada a farkon watan Afrilu. Hotunan NASA da ke nuna dusar ƙanƙara a fadin Kogin Tuolumne Basin sun nuna raguwa mai yawa tun daga watan Afrilun da ya gabata. California ta dogara da dusar ƙanƙara don narkewa cikin koguna da sake cika tafkuna. Gwamna Brown ya ba da umarnin, matakan da ba a taɓa gani ba don adana ruwa a jihar a ranar Laraba. Makabarta, filayen wasan golf da kuma hedkwatar kasuwanci dole ne su rage yawan shayar da manyan shimfidar wurare. Umurnin gwamnan bai kunshi rage yawan ruwan da manoma za su sha ba. Shirin na daga cikin manufofin rage yawan amfani da ruwa da kashi 25 cikin dari idan aka kwatanta da na shekarar 2013.