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Policy and California's water situation

California drought is hurting their farmers the worst. Farmland dependent of federal and state water in fallow or under-watering die. Disputes and environmental policy disagreements about how to handle drought, extinction Slow Delta and other local fish smell, and individual long-term solutions to the problem of water supply for California are contributing to the demise of the agricultural community.

The Lompar, owners of walnut orchards in the Central Valley area Westlands, "the government not to blame, nature, death of their trees. "According to Janet Lompar," the politicians gave all [the] water for fish. 'The water war between the agricultural economy and environmentalists has been going on for almost fifty years. More than twenty-four million people receive all the water from the Delta, a large estuary where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers flow. The two pumping irrigation projects are self-Delta Central Valley Project and State Water Project. These two sets of pumps water which flows into the Delta in Northern California and transfer to Central and Southern California. The Central Valley has an abundance of agriculture, so much so that it has been dubbed the "Salad Bowl of America." But the dish is increasingly vacuum pumping restrictions have contributed to continuous years of little rain, to reduce water supply to most of the state.

Governor Swarzenaggar even asked the White House declared California in a state of "major disaster federal … caused by "severe drought conditions." Fifty of the mayors of cities affected by the drought have sent a letter asking President Obama Come see the result of water shortages for himself. According to the Wall Street Journal: "In the inland areas affected by water restrictions by court order the unemployment rate has hit 14.3%, with some agricultural populations as Mendota seeing unemployment figures around 40%. Statewide, the rate peaked at 11.6% in July the rise of what has been in 30 years. "The fish are not healing well as predicted. Other factors, such as contaminated water, large predators, and a reduction in food supply are all other known causes odor Delta decline, however, these issues are being addressed. Lester Snow, director Department of Water Resources, "I think the [biological opinion issued by the Fish and Wildlife U.S. and judicial responsible for the decision that caused pumping restrictions] unfairly water supplies plus other stress factors. "

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