Monday, July 6, 2009

Climate Change May Force New Ways of Allocating Water Rights

LA Times reports on the impact the drought. The Central Valley - in particular the part depending on the Westlands Water District - has suffered because Westlands "is often last on the long list of groups receiving water from this federal project."

A Pacific Institute researcher predicts that California might ultimately have to develop a new system of water rights: "'We have a new climate reality, and our old structure for allocating water will not work for the future ... Fish are just one sign of an ecosystem that's collapsing.'"

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