In California, Hot and Dry Conditions Stir Drought Concerns
The past two days have felt like summer in California, as unseasonable warmth sweeps the state -- possibly presaging a third straight year of drought, a worrisome possibility for a state already hit hard by the economic downturn.
Another dry year could mean water rationing for businesses and individuals. It could also slow business expansion and affect the agricultural industry, ski resorts and efforts to keep firefighting costs down, after a year ...
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Water use and management is an enormously important environmental, economic, and political issue in California and other Western states -- one that forces municipal, local and state governments to aggressively deal with possibility of facing another year of drought with an already low water supply.