As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the state's lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. As of August 2015, Folsom Lake near Sacramento was at 40 percent capacity and its popular marina at Browns Ravine was completely empty of water, the slips sitting vacant and abandoned on the dry lakebed. Credit: Scott London/Alamy Live News


As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the state's lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. As of August 2015, Folsom Lake near Sacramento was at 40 percent capacity and its popular marina at Browns Ravine was completely empty of water, the slips sitting vacant and abandoned on the dry lakebed. (Photo by Scott London/Alamy Live News)


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