California Lawmakers Seek Billions for New Water Infrastruture; but Who Should Pay — Taxpayers, Individual Growers or Water Districts?; Major Lakes, Reservoirs @ 35% to 45% Capacity (LosAngelesTimes)
Feb.27, 2009 in
Drought
(Feb. 27, 2009, The Los Angeles Times)
With California’s budget crisis resolved for the moment, state lawmakers Thursday turned their attention to another emergency: a three-year drought that has left key reservoirs at 35% of capacity.
Legislators stepped forward with plans to ask voters to borrow as much as $15 billion for projects to expand and improve [...]
