Farmers Skirt Water Laws in Drought-Stricken CA Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A pipe emerges from dried and cracked earth that used to be the bottom of the Almaden Reservoir on January 28, 2014 in San Jose, California. ( Justin Sullivan / Getty ) Produced by Jillian Weinberger Produced by PRI and WNYC