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If you're interested, this post by Scott Alexander does a fairly thorough analysis of where the water is going:

http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/11/california-water-you-do...

TL;DR: No, more water does not go for environmental purposes than agriculture. California uses about as much water for growing just Alfala (used as food for cows, among other things) as it does for the whole Delta.



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