An empty hydro canal that usually takes water to a hydro plant below Lake Isabella, East of California's Central Valley. Most of California is now in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought. Normally the state generates 20% of its electricty from hydro, due to the drought this has dropped to 10%.

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An empty hydro canal that usually takes water to a hydro plant below Lake Isabella, East of California's Central Valley. Most of California is now in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought. Normally the state generates 20% of its electricty from hydro, due to the drought this has dropped to 10%.

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