Water
California Department of Water Resources has released reviews of four local plans, approving two and returning the others to the respective agencies for improvement in order to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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A broad array of stakeholders are seeing destructive impacts to critical water bodies, particularly in areas that no longer require certain permits.
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A coalition representing nearly one-third of the all agricultural production in the U.S. warns that changing hydrological conditions and increased populations may jeopardize the future of water infrastructure in the West.
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While individuals can make water-conscious decisions at home, urban use only accounts for about 10% of water use. Solving the water issue is a much larger endeavor.
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In response to worsening drought conditions in California, on June 3 the Department of Water Resources began construction on a temporary emergency drought barrier on the West False River in the Sacram...
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The California Farm Bureau, seven county farm bureaus and five other ag organizations are petitioning Ag Order 4.0 – a program limiting nitrogen-fertilizer inputs and regulating runoff.
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In the land that grows a wide range of commodities, water is its own commodity as the wheeling-and-dealing and negotiation of water transfers and land idling become integral in these drought years.
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Growers are receiving only 5% of their expected allocations, and the drought has put 41 counties under a state of emergency.
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