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Dry California Officially in a State of Drought
SACRAMENTO, California (ENS) - After two straight years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and the largest court-ordered water transfer restrictions in state history, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday proclaimed a statewide drought, the first official drought since 1991.
The state's final snow survey of 2008 conducted in May showed snowpack water content at only 67 percent of normal and the runoff forecast at only 55 percent of normal. Numerous California communities now are being forced to mandate water conservation or rationing.
The governor urged all Californians to conserve water and ordered the Department of Water Resources to begin transferring water to areas with the most critical need.
"We must recognize the severity of the crisis we face," said Governor Schwarzenegger, "so I am signing an Executive Order proclaiming a statewide drought and directing my Department of Water Resources and other entities to take immediate action to address the situation."
 
 
Drought Bill Signed Into Law
On July 31, 2008, Gov. Easley signed House Bill 2499, commonly known as the, 2008 Drought Bill, into law as Session Law (SL) 2008-143. Most of the provisions in SL 2008-143 became effectively immediately upon the governor's signature. The division will update this Web page as we implement the various provisions of the new law. Links to the law and a summary of it can be found below.
 

This article appears in the August 13, 2004 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.
Western Drought Provoking
More Than Water Wars
by Franklin Bell
What the U.S. Geological Survey has identified as the worst western drought in 500 years, is propelling the whole western region of the North American continent toward conditions for which financial oligarchs' anti-infrastructure advocates pine: drastic de-population of the North American West, within this decade
 
 

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