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HANFORD — The Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday the initial 2021 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project contractors, and west side farmers will receive the lowest initial amount since 2015. Kings County farmers in Westlands Water District and farmers in other agricultural districts south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta will get only 5% of their historic water allotment, Reclamation officials said. Westlands Water District includes about 40,000 acres in western Kings County, most of which are used to grow permanent crops like almonds and pistachios. Allocation amounts are based on an estimate of water available for delivery to CVP water users and reflect current reservoir storage, precipitation, and snowpack in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada. This year’s low allocation is an indicator of the dry winter California is experiencing after the dry water year of 2020.

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