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California seeks to send water south via tunnel, restore depleted delta
2013-12-10 03:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California pledged on Monday to restore 80,000 acres of the depleted Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta as part of a massive project to send fresh water from mountain streams in the north to farmers and residents in the parched south. The $16 billion plan was released as the state struggles in what appears to be shaping up as its driest year on record, with some farmers and urban water districts promised just 5 percent of the water that they had requested for next year. The ambitious program...
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