Grass grows through an abandoned road on Twitchell Island in the Sacramento Delta, Nov. 22, 2014.
Noberto Orozco transfers water into buckets to bring into his home in East Porterville for washing and bathing, Oct. 12, 2014.
Riders get ready for the rodeo in Allensworth, Calif. 2016.
Kaylee Pineda uses a nebulizer treatment to prevent an asthma attack before going to her baseball game, Westmoreland, Calif., March 30, 2017.
Aubrey Tarver gazes out at the Salton Sea from the shores of Bombay Beach, Calif., on April 19, 2015. Tarver, a resident of Bombay Beach, has been living in the area on and off for over thirty years.
Shoreline filled with fish remains and debris is exposed at the Salton Sea in Bombay Beach, Calif., January 12, 2015.
The All American Canal weaves through the hills above North Shore, Calif., January 8, 2015. Residents say the cross is for individuals who have died walking through the area after crossing the border.
Tomato fields are irrigated in Discovery Bay, April 2, 2015.
Children find a dead bird on an evening walk through East Orosi, Calif.
Marcella Ramirez stands outside of her home in East Porterville, Calif., July, 2015. The well that her home is connected to ran dry two years ago.
The well that supplies water to Marcella Ramirez's home in East Porterville, Calif. ran dry two summers ago. Since then her landlord has connected Marcella and other tenants to the well of a nearby church as a temporary solution.
Marcella Ramirez sits on her bed in her home in East Porterville, Calif. She worries that she will not be able to connect her trailer to the municipal water supply and will have to move.
Marth García has lunch with her son and her grandchildren in Porterville, Calif., before leaving to work in Washington State for 6 months, July, 2015.
Martha García says goodbye to her grandchildren before leaving Porterville, Calif. to head to Washington State to work for 6 months. Garcia splits her time between Porterville and Washington because she can no longer find work in the Central Valley year round. She attributes the change in the availability of year round work to the drought, changes in the crops that are grown and mechanization of labor.