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Well let's start with the agricultural sector in California, which uses the vast majority of our state's water supply at 80% of the 44.3 million acre-feet of water used in the year 2000.
Francesca Vietor: Urban Water Management in San Francisco: Conservation by Recession, Efficiency and Innovation Francesca Vietor 2011
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Demands for municipal and industrial water could exceed supply by as much as 630,000 acre-feet by mid-century, the Statewide Water Supply Initiative said in a report it released Friday.
Report: Colorado Water Supply Doomed By 2050 Grand Junction Daily Sentinel 2011
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A draft report for the Colorado Water Conservation Board projects a need for 862,000 acre-feet of consumptive use water annually to fully irrigate land that is expected to remain in production by 2050.
Arkansas River Water Deals Could Dry Up One Third Of Farm Land: Report AP 2010
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Well let's start with the agricultural sector in California, which uses the vast majority of our state's water supply at 80% of the 44.3 million acre-feet of water used in the year 2000.
Francesca Vietor: Urban Water Management in San Francisco: Conservation by Recession, Efficiency and Innovation Francesca Vietor 2011
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A draft report for the Colorado Water Conservation Board projects a need for 862,000 acre-feet of consumptive use water annually to fully irrigate land that is expected to remain in production by 2050.
Arkansas River Water Deals Could Dry Up One Third Of Farm Land: Report AP 2010
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It projected a shortfall of nearly 400,000 acre-feet.
Arkansas River Water Deals Could Dry Up One Third Of Farm Land: Report AP 2010
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There was a seldom-enforced restriction set by the state to some number of acre-feet of water per year per acre.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wow! An Article on Water That Actually Focuses on Price 2009
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“Central and South Texas are in the midst of an epic drought that has sapped soils of their moisture, dried up stock ponds and turned cornfields from green to beige,” and “Central Valley farmers will receive an additional 100,000 acre-feet as part of a water loan to deal with the three-year drought plaguing” California.
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It projected a shortfall of nearly 400,000 acre-feet.
Arkansas River Water Deals Could Dry Up One Third Of Farm Land: Report AP 2010
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The highest previous runoff ever was in 1997, 49 million acre-feet.
Flood opens doors to research; Lack of funds may close them 2011
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