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A public meeting will be held Thursday night in Orland to help residents with the drought.The meeting will focus on learning how to connect to the city’s municipal water system. Information about other emergency drought assistance will also be available.
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Extreme drought now grips 85% of California so the governor is seeking voluntary action. Newsom expanded the drought emergency to nine more counties, mostly along the Central Coast and in the Bay Area.
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Experts say the current drought is hotter and drier than previous ones, meaning water is evaporating faster.The lack of significant rain this past winter is putting California's reservoirs at dangerously low levels. Experts say this drought is hotter and drier than previous ones, which means the water is evaporating faster.
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With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, some conditions are better, some worse, than the last record-breaking drought. Over-pumping of wells hasn’t stopped. But urban residents haven’t lapsed back into water-wasting lifestyles.
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A drought emergency was declared in two northern California counties by California Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week. This has many wondering about the future impacts of the state’s new drought on California, but what many don’t realize is that the state is still reeling from the impacts of the last one.
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The USDA declared California a natural disaster due to its severe drought, triggering aid for growers and ranchers who supply much of the nation’s food. Why has the federal government stepped in to help with California’s water woes?
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Although president Trump promised California growers more water by reserving less for the environment, the clouds haven’t cooperated. Officials yesterday…
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With reservoirs filling from a series of prodigious early season storms, state water officials had an announcement Wednesday that should be music to the…
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In arid California, seasonal drought is a way of life. Water is both scarce and in high demand. People are told to conserve. Agriculture looks for…
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Water regulators are warning Californians to avoid contact with water containing blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria.The harmful algal blooms…