Climate change has been blamed by some for all sorts of evils. Alarmists have taken to claiming any undesirable weather is a result of global warming.

Now, California’s water crisis is being blamed on climate change. Specifically, a long drought is cited. Never mind that scientists note such lapses in rainfall are a normal, regular phenomenon.

A look at how much water Californians use and where they get it is illuminating. Each resident of the Golden State consumes, on average, 228 gallons of water a day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In many other parts of the country the average use per day is 153 gallons.

Much of California’s water is used to irrigate crops. When pioneers first laid eyes on the state, they found there simply was not enough water for large-scale farming. The solution was a vast network of dams, aqueducts, etc., to get water from outside California into the state, then send it where it was desired.

As much as 1.4 trillion gallons of the water Californians use each year is drawn from the Colorado River, which touches only the southern border of the state.

Part of California’s drought problem quite simply is enormous demand. Obsessing about climate change is an excuse some politicians use to avoid the hard decisions needed to bring the demand for water in sync with the water resources that are available now and are likely to be available in the foreseeable future.