Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He maha ngā tāngata o California e whai ana i ngā tikanga tino nui hei tiaki i te wai i te aroaro o te waipuke o te āhua. Kua tahuri ngā kainoho e mōhio ana ki te wai ki ngā tikanga e whakamahi ana i te 'wai hina' hei āwhina i a rātou ki te whakatutuki i ngā herenga whakamahinga wai hou kāore anō kia kitea i whakatakotoria e te Kawana Jerry Brown i te wiki kua hipa. He mea whakamiharo pea ēnei tikanga ki ētahi - pēnei i te wharepaku e mahi anō ana hei rākau horoi, me te wai mīhini horoi kua whakamahia hei whakainu i ngā rākau hua - engari e kī ana ēnei tangata o California ko te heke mai kore o te tiaki wai. He kaiwhakawhiwhi wai tino nui: Kua whakauruhia e Robin Weld o Sacramento he wharepaku-whakamarie whakauru hei whakautu ki nga herenga whakamahi wai hou kaore ano kia kitea e te Kawana a Jerry Brown i te aroaro o te waipuke o te kawanatanga. Ka uru mai te wai ma ki roto i te ngongo, ka whakamahia hei horoi ringa, ka rere ki roto i te ipu kaukau hei whakamahi hei horoi. Ko Robin Weld, e noho ana i Sacramento maroke, tata nei i tango i te taahiraa o te huri i te wharepaku o tona whare ki roto i te wharepaku. Mo te $100, i hokona e Weld te poka horoi, i kii ia ki a CBS Sacramento. Ka whakakapi i te taupoki tuku iho ki tana ipu wharepaku ki te ipu ringa iti. 'Kei te horoi mātou i ō mātou ringaringa, kātahi ka whakamahi anō i taua wai,' i kī a Weld. Ka haere mai te wai o te taone mā te kākano, kātahi ka whakakiia te ipu, kaua e pau. I te rerenga ka whai ake, ka heke te wai o te horoi ringa kua whakamahia ki roto i te peihana. 'Ko te toharite o te tangata e whakamahi ana i te wharepaku e rima nga wa i te ra, na e rima nga wa i te ra, na ka tapiritia,' ka mea ia. Kei te taha tonu o Weld, kei te whakamahi a Chris Brown i te wai i toe mai i tana kaukau, horoi horoi me etahi atu mahi hei whakamakuku i tana marae. Tuatahi, ko te 'wai hina' ka haere i roto i te pūnaha tātari i whakauruhia e Brown i te wā e kino haere ana te maroke - i te rima o ona tau inaianei. Ko te wai hina: Ko te hoa noho a Weld a Chris Brown e kohikohi ana i te wai hopi katoa i whakamahia mai i te miihini horoi o tenei kaainga, nga kaukau me nga kaukau ka whakamahia hei whakamakuku i nga rakau me nga tipu i tana marae. Te kōpeketanga o te A/C: ki te tonga o Weld me Brown, i te rohe whai rawa o LA o...
Kei te pāngia a California e tētahi o ngā maroke tino nui i roto i te hītori o nāianei, e akiaki ana i ngā kainoho e āwangawanga ana ki te urupare ki ngā tikanga tino nui. Kei roto i ngā tikanga tiaki ko te whakamahi i te wai hina - he wai hopi e whakamahia ana hei horoi me nga taputapu - hei whakamahi tuarua. Ko aua whakamahinga ka uru ki te whakainu, te horoi i te wharepaku, te whangai kararehe ranei.