By Stephanie Elam, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/us/west-megadrought-climate-wastewater-recycling/index.html

Updated 1:29 PM ET, Mon February 14, 2022

Grant Lake, controlled by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, appeared to be nearly empty in August.

Los Angeles (CNN)The West is in its worst drought in centuries, scientists reported Monday.

A study published inNature Climate Changefound the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest in 1,200 years. Last year’s drought severity was “exceptional,” researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022.

Thehuman-caused climate crisishas made the megadrought 72% worse, the study noted.

Burning fossil fuels is having a direct impact on water availability in the West, which for the past two decades has been characterized by dry weather, withhopeful but fleeting burstsof precipitation.

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You don’t have to look further than Los Angeles in December for an example. With nearly 10…