A provider of water-related advisory services to clients in California, RMC Water and Environment has worked with regions throughout the state in their efforts to use water resources to combat drought conditions. Recently, RMC Water and Environment earned accolades from the California Association of Environmental Professionals for its work on an irrigation plan for a drought-stricken community in the state.

1. California Drought Recovery
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2. Introduction
 A provider of water-related advisory services to clients in
California, RMC Water and Environment has worked with
regions throughout the state in their efforts to use water
resources to combat drought conditions. Recently, RMC
Water and Environment earned accolades from the
California Association of Environmental Professionals for
its work on an irrigation plan for a drought-stricken
community in the state.
For five years, California has weathered drought
conditions beyond anything on record. The year 2014
ranks as the driest year in its history, and it was in that
year that Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. declared a
state of emergency. Since then, conditions have
improved, though not enough to render California
drought-free.

3. California Drought Recovery
 In fact, according to a study recently published in
Geophysical Research Letters, it may take four
additional years for the state to recover from damage
caused by its historic drought. Much of the state’s
improvement owes to El Nino, which brought to the
Sierra Nevada a near-normal amount of snowfall, the
melting of which helped alleviate drought conditions.
However, near-normal snowfall does not make up for
the water deficit accumulated over the drought
years. Because of the unprecedented severity of the
drought, it would take several winter seasons of such
snow accumulation to undo the drought-related
damage.