The News Review:

- Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms
- State calls for widespread water rationing
- Feds: Less water for California agriculture this year
- Roseville issues mandatory Stage Two Drought Level
- Sherman’s Water Supply Strictly From Wells

Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms
The Associated Press -
1 agriculture state predicted it would cause consumers to pay more for their fruits and vegetables which would have to be grown using expensive well water. “Water is our life — it’s our jobs and it’s our food” said Ryan Jacobsen executive director of the farm bureau in Fresno County. “Without a reliable water supply Fresno County’s No. 1 employer — agriculture — is at great risk. “The drought would cause an estimated $1. 15 billion dollar loss in agriculture-related wages and eliminate as many as 40000 jobs in farm-related industries in the San Joaquin Valley alone where most of the nation’s produce and nut crops are grown said Lester Snow director of the Department of Water Resources. California’s agricultural industry typically receives 80 percent of all the water supplies managed by the federal government — everything from far-off mountain streams and suburban reservoirs.

State calls for widespread water rationing
San Jose Mercury News  USA -
Elsewhere in the Bay Area the Santa Clara Valley Water District will consider a rationing plan next month and the East Bay Municipal Utility District has been rationing since last summer. The Alameda County Zone 7 Water Agency in the Tri-Valley is relying on groundwater to avoid mandatory rationing. Friday’s grim news was based on an early estimate of water supplies this year. It included a 50 percent cut in Contra Costa’s water supply and 85 percent cut for Southern California. San Joaquin Valley growers were told they will get no water at all from the Delta this year. nly once before have San Joaquin Valley farmers been told they would get no water in February 1992. Heavy storms the following Advertisement yld_mgr.

Feds: Less water for California agriculture this year
Los Angeles Times CA -
Fields are being abandoned. The unemployment rate in the community of Mendota alone has soared to 40%. "The state Department of Water Resources announced today that it would be able to allocate only 15% supply to each of its contractors. "Reduced deliveries will require contractors to rely on dry water year contingency plans to meet their needs. If precipitation were to increase and hydrologic and reservoir conditions improve it is possible the allocation could rise in coming months" water resources officials said in a statement. Laura King Moon assistant general manager of State Water Contractors a nonprofit association of 27 public agencies across California that buys water from the state said "the drought has simply drawn the regulatory noose a little tighter. "The SWC delivers water to more than 750000 acres of farmland and to more than 25 million California residents.
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Roseville issues mandatory Stage Two Drought Level
Rocklin and Roseville Today CA -
jpg’> Today the City of Roseville’s Environmental Utilities Department increased its voluntary Stage ne Drought Level to a mandatory Stage Two Drought Level requiring water customers to reduce water use by 20 percent. This announcement stems from today?s joint briefing from the U. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Department of Water Resources on 2009 water supply allocations from the Central Valley Project. The briefing which was the Bureau?s first water supply forecast for 2009 reported that Roseville?s water supply will be reduced by 50 percent. ?We have been working very hard the past few months preparing for this announcement? said Derrick Whitehead Roseville Director of Environmental Utilities.

Sherman’s Water Supply Strictly From Wells
KTEN TX -
For the next two weeks a six foot wide pipeline that runs about 12 miles underground to Lake Texoma will have workers in it instead of water. Crews have begun cleaning out any gunk that's built up over the past 20 years and checking for cracks in the pipeline. The North Texas Municipal Water District is preparing to take its full allotment of water from Lake Texoma increasing its pumping capacity by about 40 million gallons a day. Mayor Bill Magers says the switch to well water is safe and should not cause any major problems.