Committee approves audit of state water operations
Assemblymember Adam Gray (D-Merced) announced Monday that the Joint Legislative Audit Committee has approved his request to audit California’s water operations. Gray suspects the audit will shine a light on the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board and their failures to accurately forecast California’s water supply and the impacts of those flawed forecasts on reservoir operations and the allocation of water to rights holders. Gray cited the overestimation and premature release of 700,000 acre-feet of water last year as one of his prime considerations.
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