5 Things You Need to Know About Federal Drought Aid in California
Agricultural land near Adin, a small town in Modoc County, is irrigated in July 2019. The USDA declared a natural disaster in California due to the drought, which means farms become eligible for loans. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
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Stop if you’ve heard this before: California is in the grip of a severe drought. Again.
Now the federal government is stepping in to help.
To assist California, which is the nation’s largest food supplier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently declared a drought disaster for 50 counties. That makes growers throughout the state who have been struggling with parched conditions eligible to seek federal loans.
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Metropolitan Explores Water Market During Critically Dry Year
04/13/2021 | 05:38pm EDT
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To ensure Southern California has reliable water as the state faces a second consecutive year of drought, Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors voted today to explore purchasing supplies on the water market.
While Metropolitan has enough water from its diverse sources and in storage to serve the region’s needs, even during this critically dry year, purchasing transfer supplies will help the agency strategically manage future risk. The purchases will particularly increase reliability in areas of Metropolitan’s service area that rely more heavily on water from the State Water Project.