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Pros:

Resnick believed the POM juice was keeping him well still has he was battling cancer

donated $15 million to found UCLA’s Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and more than $25 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to build a pavilion in their name

Just get started became one of his guiding principles

California opened new opportunities for him

Cons:

dried up Tulare County and planted more than 100,000 acres of cotton

Resnick turned public water into private

Had 65% of nations crop

Didn't know anything about agriculture

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Groundwater is a vital resource in California and accounts for almost 60 percent of our State's water supply in drought years.

Multiple dry and drought years over recent decades have put a strain on California's groundwater resources.

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Removed and cut down oak trees

Sucked wells out dry

Environmentalists argue that deep wells for agriculture could create subsidence in a thirsty California wine region.

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The Resnicks are the world’s biggest producers of pistachios and almonds and founded POM. To produce the juice, they planted over 6000 acres of pomegranates. Claim to own America’s second-largest produce company, worth an estimated $4.2 billion.

consume more of the state’s water than any other family, farm, or company.

Control and use water more than what’s used by the residents of Los Angeles and the entire San Francisco Bay Area combined.

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The Kern Water Bank is a recharge facility that diverts water into an underground aquifer.

stores water in wet years by recharging an underground aquifer through shallow basins

The water is later recovered by wells when needed.

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Kern County has sometimes been referred to as “The Golden Empire,” because of its rich history of gold, oil, and agricultural production.

County seats is Bakersfield.