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July 6, 2009--Dry California sucks up federal water recycling dollars (Environmental News Service)
Drought-stricken California is receiving 98 percent of the Recovery Act funding announced nationally for water recycling projects, according to federal and state water officials.
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May 8, 2009--California landowners fight Delta canal study (Denver Post)
The state attorney general is seeking court orders to force Sacramento-San Joaquin property owners to cooperate in a land survey for a controversial canal.
May 2, 2009--Officials celebrate project to cut water loss on All-American Canal (L.A. Times)
The All-American Canal brings copious amounts of Colorado River water to turn 500,000 acres of desert into some of the most productive farmland in the world.
April 7, 2009--Calif. river system is nation's most endangered (Denver Post)
California's two longest rivers have been named the country's most endangered waterways because of outdated water management and poor flood planning, according to an environmental advocacy group.
March 10, 2009--Climate change accelerates water hunt in U.S. west (Environmental News Network)
Water raised leafy green Los Angeles from the desert and filled arid valleys with the nation's largest fruit and vegetable crop. Each time more water was needed, another megaproject was built, from dams of the major rivers to a canal stretching much of the length of the state. But those methods are near their end.
February 27, 2009--California faces water rationing, Governor proclaims drought emergency (Environmental News Service)
Parched California is a step closer to mandatory water rationing today as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency and ordered all government agencies to implement the state's emergen
February 27, 2009--Lawmakers seek billions to expand, improve California's water supply (L.A. Times)
With California's budget crisis resolved for the moment, state lawmakers Thursday turned their attention to another emergency: a three-year drought that has left key reservoirs at 35% of capacity.
February 21, 2009--Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms (Denver Post)
Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms as a result of the deepening drought gripping the state. U.S.
January 23, 2009--Calif. farmers curb planting to cope with drought (Denver Post)
Some of the nation's largest farms plan to cut back on planting crops this spring over concerns that the drought plaguing California will cause federal water supplies to dry up.
