Drought and disparity, in 34 images

As the drought in the American West reaches its fourth year, farming communities struggle while homeowners and golf courses fear for their lawns.

Animated gif documenting the drought’s impact across the US. California has been among the hardest hit.

A no swimming sign is posted next to a dry irrigation canal on August 22, 2014 in Madera, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A pedestrian walks her dogs by sprinklers watering the lawn in Golden Gate Park on April 2, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A boat dock sits on the beach of Lake Powell at the Wahweap Marina on March 28, 2015 in Page, Arizona. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Guadalupe Creek stands dry on April 3, 2015 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A gardener uses a hose to water plants on April 1, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

seedlings grow in a field at Cypress Flower Farm on August 6, 2014 in Moss Beach, California. As the severe drought in California continues to worsen, flower farmers are facing hardships and are reducing the size of their crops as water prices reach record highs and natural water resources are drying up. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Lydia Ko of New Zealand looks for her ball among the well-watered greens during round two of the ANA Inspiration on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club on April 3, 2015 in Rancho Mirage, California. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

A leaderboard is reflected onto the water of Poppy’s Pond near the lush 18th green of the ANA Inspiration prior to the start of Round Two at Mission Hills Country Club on April 3, 2015 in Rancho Mirage, California. (Photo by Kent C. Horner/Getty Images for ANA)

Juan Martinez (L) and Juan Cruz (R) of the Onelawn lanscaping company install a section of artificial turf at a home April 3, 2015 in Burlingame, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Green Canary president Shawn Sahbari (L) sprays green water-based paint on a partially dead lawn at the Almaden Valley Athletic Club on July 21, 2014 in San Jose, California. As the severe California drought continues to worsen, home owners and businesses looking to conserve water are letting lawns die off and are having them painted to look green. The paint lasts up to 90 days on dormant lawns and will not wash off. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Green Canary worker Josue Bojorquez sprays green water-based paint on a partially dead lawn at the Almaden Valley Athletic Club. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Brittany Lincicome, with caddie and family members, celebrates after jumping into Poppy’s Pond from the 18th green after winning the ANA Inspiration Round Four on the 3rd play-off hole at Mission Hills Country Club on April 5, 2015 in Rancho Mirage, California. (Photo by Kent C. Horner/Getty Images for ANA)

A sign is posted near an almond farm on February 25, 2014 in Turlock, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A worker uses a tractor to pull an uprooted almond tree at a farm on April 29, 2014 near Mendota, California. As the California drought continues, Central California farmers are hiring well drillers to seek water underground for their crops after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation stopped providing Central Valley farmers with any water from the federally run system of reservoirs and canals fed by mountain runoff. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A tractor moves an uprooted almond tree into a shredder at Baker Farming on February 25, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. Almond farmer Barry Baker of Baker Farming had 1,000 acres, 20 percent, of his almond trees removed because he doesn’t have access to enough water to keep them watered as the California drought continues. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A tall bleached ‘’bathtub ring’’ is visible on the rocky banks of Lake Powell on March 29, 2015 in Page, Arizona. As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, a below average flow of water is expected to flow through the Colorado River Basin into two of its biggest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Lake Powell is currently at 45 percent of capacity and is at risk of seeing its surface elevation fall below 1,075 feet above sea level by September, (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A worker uses a hose to water the lawn at San Francisco National Cemetery on April 1, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A stump sits at the site of a manual snow survey on April 1, 2015 in Phillips, California. The current recorded level is zero, the lowest in recorded history for California. (Photo by Max Whittaker/Getty Images)

Sprinklers water the grass at Gleneagles Golf Course on April 2, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A boat is dwarfed by the tall bleached ‘bathtub ring’ on the rocky banks of Lake Powell on March 29, 2015 in Page, Arizona. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A bleached ‘bathtub ring’ is visible on the rocky banks of Lake Powell on March 28, 2015 in Lake Powell, Utah. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Aerial view overlooking landscaping on April 4, 2015 in Rancho Santa Fe, California. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Aerial view overlooking landscaping on April 4, 2015 in Ramona, California. The lawn remains green while the surrounding foliage has gone brown from lack of water. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Aerial view overlooking landscaping on April 4, 2015 in San Diego, California.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

A gardener uses a hose to water plants on April 1, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Jordan Erickson with Gene Brandi Apiaries stands next to bee hives that sit next to an unplanted field on September 5, 2014 in Los Banos, California. As California’s severe drought pushes through its third year, honey bees are producing less honey due to a lack of wildflowers and fewer farm crops that honey bees extract nectar from to produce honey. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A worker harvests cantaloupes on a farm on August 22, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a third straight year, Central California farming communites are struggling to survive with an unemployment rate nearing 40 percent in the towns of Mendota and Firebaugh. With limited supplies of water available to water crops, farmers are leaving acres of farmland unplanted and are having to lay off or reduce the hours of laborers. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A worker kicks up dust as he drives a tractor at a farm on August 22, 2014 near Firebaugh, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

FIREBAUGH, CA — AUGUST 22: Sprinklers water a lawn at a park on August 22, 2014 in Firebaugh, California, not far from where cantaloupe crops are turning to dust. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A lone weed grows on an unplanted field on August 21, 2014 in Firebaugh. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Dry cracked earth is visible on the dry Guadalupe Creek on April 3, 2015 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Seasonal outlook through the end of June. California and much of the American West won’t get a respite any time soon.