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‘09 may deliver deeper water cuts: Coachella Valley braces for possibility of third straight year of drought for California

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 29, 2008 at 7:30 am

From MyDesert.com:

As the Western drought continues, California is preparing to make deep cuts next year to the amount of water it provides to the Coachella Valley and other communities statewide.

The state Department of Water Resources is preparing to announce preliminary water allotments for 2009 that will be “most likely less than 20percent of what our customers have requested,” spokesman Ted Thomas said. That’s the lowest preliminary projection since 10 percent delivery was predicted in 1993.

The state delivered 60 percent of water allotments last year, and was slated to deliver 35 percent this year. “We’re in a second consecutive dry year,” Thomas said. “There’s concern we could have a third consecutive dry year, which could really be Draconian.”

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October 29, 2008 · Filed Under Coachella Valley, DWR & State Water Project, Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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