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Water supply increases for Contra Costa; drought restrictions likely to end

Posted by: Maven on March 17, 2010 at 7:22 am

From the Contra Costa Times:

“Contra Costa’s largest water district will likely end its drought restrictions next month because of good news in a federal agency’s water supply estimates.

The announcement also relieved pressure on the part of the state hardest hit by the three-year drought, the farming region on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.

Those farmers saw their water supply estimate increase from 5 percent of their contracts to 25 percent, and they received assurances that federal officials will try to boost their share.

The higher estimate is, in theory, worth as much as $120 million to farmers in the nation’s largest irrigation district, according to one farmer in the Westlands Water District.

The Contra Costa Water District, which received 65 percent of its contracted water last year, will almost certainly get 75 percent this year. And that could rise to 100 percent if rain and snow reach average levels this spring. … “

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March 17, 2010 · Filed Under Bay Area

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