The article,”The Wrong Way to Think about California Water” by Michael Hiltzik, touches on the way citizens think about the drought. For example, many Americans worry about the concussions of bottled water on the environment. The article, however states that people should not be worried about bottled water, because,”The entire nation consumes a bit more than 10 billion gallons of bottled water per year. California’s total water usage is 38 billion gallons per day.”(Hiltzik). Despite the fact that plastic water bottles are severely overpriced, bottled water is not the main cause of the drought. “Stop talking about the almond trees.”(Hiltzik). The author states not to worry about the almond trees, because even though it takes a gallon of