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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
4-2008
Citation
CALIFORNIA DROUGHT, AN UPDATE April 2008
Abstract
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. RECENT HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AND IMPACTS
Introduction....................................................... 1
Water Year 2007 .................................................. 1
Drought in the Colorado River Basin ..................................................... 5
Drought and Dry Conditions in the Early 2000s .................................... 7
The 2001 Klamath Basin Drought Emergency ............................... 11
CHAPTER 2. PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL UPDATES
The San Francisco Bay-Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta.................................................................. 15
The Colorado River .................................................................... 16
State Financial Assistance to Local Agencies.................................... 17
Urban Water Management Planning ................................................... 20
Water Transfers .............................................................................. 20
Small Water Systems and Drought Preparedness ................................. 21
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