A state water official said Thursday that despite the “horrifying” drought gripping the state, there’s still a chance that farmers will get San Joaquin River water this summer instead of the “zero allocation” announced. “I’m hoping that it’s not going to be zero,” Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board, said at a speech to citrus growers.
The determining factor will be the freshwater needs of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, she said.
State and federal water managers are taking another look at how much water to keep in the rivers to prevent intrusion of salt water from San Francisco Bay, she said. http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/03/06/3807198/california-water-official-hopes.html