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Warning that the supply will shrink by 10% due to climate change, Newsom sets targets for recycled water and increased storage. But deadlines are distant, details are scant and there is no conservation mandate.
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In Tulare County, officials worry there may not be enough trucks or drivers to get emergency water supplies to communities that go dry.
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The City of Bakersfield Water Resources Department has cut off flows to city-owned recreation and water recharge facilities to hold on to what little surface water it’s receiving from the dwindling Kern River for drinking water.
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A rural town in Tulare County went about 24 hours without running water after the only working well in the area gave out amid triple-digit heat.
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Since Gov. Newsom's emergency drought order on March 28, Kern County hasn’t issued a single agricultural well permit. Frustration in the ag community is at a boiling point.
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The water coming out of Millerton Lake just above Fresno is flowing because of a contract within California’s complicated water rights system. But, ironically, late spring rains could halt the flow.
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As drought intensifies, the order affects many cities and growers from Fresno to the Oregon border, including 212 public water systems.
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The new proposed funding comes at a critical time as groundwater restrictions take effect and drought grips the state for a third year in a row.
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Ignoring urgent pleas from water officials, Californians used substantially more water after a record-dry three months gripped the state.
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As drought continues to hammer the state, advocates are sounding the alarm for what they think could be the collapse of the San Joaquin Valley’s agriculture workforce.