A: Probably not, though itâs hard to know for sure. Hexane is a volatile solvent thatâs used, with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to extract oil from soybeans (as well as from nuts and olives).
Agriculture uses about 80 percent of Californiaâs. developed water supply. As such a large. user, it is heavily impacted by the availability. and reliability of Californiaâs water resources. Agriculture can also play an important role in. helping the state achieve a more sustainable. water future.
The results of the survey indicate that 723,845 acre feet of recycled water is being used in California. Of that amount, 29% is used towards agricultural irrigation, 18% towards landscape irrigation, 5% towards groundwater recharge, and less than 1 percent for indirect potable reuse.