No water to shower, cook or clean: life in California's drought valley

Bucket showers, no flushing toilets and daily trips to collect bottled water are the reality for many people in East Porterville, after years of dought, reports Mother Jones

Glance at a lawn in East Porterville, California, and you'll instantly know something about the people who live in the house adjacent to it.

If a lawn is green, the home has running water. If it's brown, or if the yard contains plastic tanks or crates of bottled water, then the well has gone dry.