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Westside gets 25% of water

Posted by: Maven on March 18, 2010 at 4:54 am

From the Hanford Sentinel:

“Drought-starved farmers in western Kings and Fresno counties in the giant Westlands Water District learned Tuesday that they’ll be receiving 25 percent of their historical contracted deliveries from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, up from the 5 percent indicated last month.

The decision was announced in a teleconference with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and other officials.

The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the giant Sacramento River delta pumps that send water to thirsty Westlands growers, will be trying to get an additional 150,000 to 200,000 acre-feet of water, which could get growers up to 35 percent of their historic contracts.

An acre-foot can supply an average household for 12 to 18 months.

Nobody seemed satisfied with the announcement. … “

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March 18, 2010 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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