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SCVNews.com | California Farmers Cut Off from State's Largest Watershed as Drought Worsens scvnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scvnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Drought prompts California to halt some water diversions ADAM BEAM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8FILE - In this June 9, 2021, file photo, the dried, cracked earth of a former wetland that was drained in an effort to prevent an outbreak of avian botulism which occurs in Tulelake, Calif. California regulators are planning to stop thousands of farmers from taking water out of the state s major rivers and streams. The State Water Resources Control Board is considering the extraordinary order because of an historic drought gripping the western United States. The board will vote on the order Aug. 3.Nathan Howard/APShow MoreShow Less ....
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Some farmers in one of the country s most important agricultural regions will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought that is threatening the drinking water supply for 25 million people, state regulators said Tuesday. The Water Resources Control Board approved an emergency resolution empowering regulators to halt diversions from the state s two largest river systems. The order could apply to roughly 86% of landowners who have legal rights to divert water from the San Joaquin and Sacramento river watersheds. The remaining 14% could be impacted if things get worse. ....
California farmers to lose access to the state’s largest watershed as drought worsens By unanimous vote, water regulators approved an emergency framework that will soon bar thousands of farmers and potentially cities from taking surface water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. A rock dam across the West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta takes shape.(Courthouse News photo / Nick Cahill) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) California water regulators on Tuesday ordered thousands of farmers and ranchers to stop pulling from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in the latest escalation of the state’s bitter drought. The State Water Resources Control Board blamed the unprecedented emergency action, which will bar farmers in some of the state’s most productive farmland from using river water for the first time, on the worsening drought and climate change. They said the drastic action was necessary to save endangered salmon, protect drinki ....
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