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California Water Crisis: 10,000 Farmers, Farmworkers Marched 50 Miles across San Joaquin Earlier This Month (SacramentoBee)

(April 26, 2009, The Sacramento Bee)
Any doubt that California is hip-deep in an epic struggle for water was put to rest earlier this month when an estimated 10,000 farmers and farmworkers marched 50 miles across the gasping San Joaquin Valley.
The goal was to heighten awareness about their water shortage, brought about by a third [...]

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Hydrology Hostages: Economies ABSOLUTELY Depend on Water, Especially in Africa; Strong Correlation between Rainfall & GDP? (News24)

(Feb. 22, 2009, News24)
African economies are especially vulnerable to water shortages, delegates to the Implementing Environmental Water Allocations (IEWA) conference heard on Monday.
“Many African economies are held hostage to hydrology,” World Bank senior water resources specialist Rafik Hirji said at the start of the four-day event in Port Elizabeth.
It has attracted more than 300 experts, [...]

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RED ALERT: Repito, You Can’t Allocate Water Out of Thin Air: Central Valley to Lose 40K Ag Jobs, $1.15B; 600,000 Acre Ft. of Water ALREADY Requested from Water Bank THAT DOESN’T EXIST (VisaliaTimesDelta)

(Jan. 22, 2009, Visalia Times-Delta)
Don’t be fooled: The latest rain offers no real relief from dry conditions that could cost Central Valley agriculture more than 40,000 jobs.
That was the message delivered Wednesday to the State Board of Food and Agriculture in a session on water conditions that increasingly are putting a squeeze on agricultural operations.
“The [...]

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