The Department of Water Resources (DWR) mobilized a new drought management effort to prepare for and reduce potential impacts of what is expected to be a third straight dry year in 2014.
DWR Director Mark Cowin appointed Bill Croyle to lead the effort as department drought manager. Croyle has 30 years of experience in water operations, including seven years as DWR’s flood operations chief and 23 years with the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Jeanine Jones, DWR’s interstate resources manager, was appointed deputy drought manager. A 30-year DWR veteran, Jones has directed the department’s statewide planning program and worked on climate change adaptation programs.
Among DWR’s principal concerns is the plight of farmers who must operate with markedly less water than needed for crops. Especially vulnerable to dry conditions will be farmers –and the farm communities that depend on agricultural jobs — on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.
http://www.water.ca.gov/news/newsreleases/2013/121713.pdf
