California's Water Requests Fully Met by Storms.

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California's Water Requests Fully Met by Storms.
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California will provide 100% of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks to winter storms that filled reservoirs and runoff from a record snowpack. The move was cheered by contractors who supply the federal water to the state’s agricultural heartland. However, the Department of Water Resources urged people to continue using water cautiously as one extremely wet year could be followed by several dry years, returning the state to drought.

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