Central Valley farmers in drought-stricken California just got very bad news: the ongoing drought means they will get no federally allocated irrigation water this year. The Bureau of Reclamation made the announcement on Friday. "This low allocation is yet another indicator of the impacts the severe drought is having on California communities,
California’s Water Woes Deepen: ‘A Bellwether Of Things To Come’
The state’s snowpack is at just 29 percent of normal levels, and the latest Drought Monitor shows the entire state blanketed in some level of drought, with over 68 percent hit with levels classified as “extreme” or “exceptional.”