article_snippet.sent: Californian farmers have been allowed to hog dwindling supplies of water, digging ever-deeper bore holes to keep the rest of us stocked up with all-year-round peaches, sweet peppers and pistachios.
article_snippet.sent: The problem is that almonds guzzle water on a monumental scale.
article_snippet.sent: The problem has been calculated that The problem takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow a single almond.
article_snippet.sent: Worse, they need water all the year round, so almond trees must be watered even when they are not producing.
article_snippet.sent: many of almond trees on previously virgin hillsides or in areas with little or no rain — that’s a lot of H2O being sucked up to satisfy our almond craving.
article_snippet.sent: Because farmers have to irrigate almond trees continuously, farmers are using groundwater — the underground water that feeds aquifers and theoretically provides the state’s emergency reserves.
article_snippet.sent: Groundwater supplies have been shrinking for decades, but the mega-rich, big almond growers can afford to sink bore holes more than 100ft to find the precious liquid.
highlights_snippet.sent: The problem is that almonds guzzle water on a monumental scale .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It's been calculated that It takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow single almond .