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by stonemetal12
1521 days ago
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Fairly simple, water is a State thing, zero Federal involvement. If it gets declared a disaster then Federal disaster relief will try to help. So 0% of the extra water brought in for disaster relief will go to farmers. They have insurance for that. The 80% figure is farm use of water in the state. |
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This is completely false. The federal Central Valley Project that the article concerns is a major water delivery system that is key to much of the state.
(There are other federal roles beyond the CVP in California water supply—e.g., there is a federal role in Colorado River water management, but the CVP is the big, big federal involvement.)
> If it gets declared a disaster then Federal disaster relief will try to help. So 0% of the extra water brought in for disaster relief will go to farmers.
This has nothing to do with disaster relief. This is allocation of the water flow through the CVP, which is routine supply, not something that only kicks in in a disaster.
> The 80% figure is farm use of water in the state.
No, it's the ag share of non-environmental water use in the state.