Drought-Stricken California Approves Deal to Cut Farmers’ Water Use

BREAKING NEWS Friday, May 22, 2015 4:12 PM EDT

Drought-Stricken California Approves Deal to Cut Farmers’ Water Use On Friday, in a sign of how the record-setting drought is shaking up established ways in California, state officials accepted an offer from farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to give up to a quarter of their water this season, by leaving part of their land unplanted or finding other ways to reduce their water use. The deal is an important concession from growers that officials hope will prompt similar agreements throughout the state’s agricultural industry, which uses 80 percent of the water consumed in the state in a normal year. READ MORE » http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/us/some-california-farmers-to-cut-water-use-to-ease-drought.html?emc=edit_na_20150522