California growers get the first news about how much water they will get for their operations (each) year in late February. … In over half of the past 24 years … allocation updates — usually slight increases, but not always — trickle in each month through the end of June. … At the end of May, when the allocation for South-of-Delta agricultural contractors went up from 50% to 55%, Allison Febbo, general manager for the Westlands Water District, called the increase appreciated but disappointing given the situation. The situation? Almost all of California’s reservoirs were at or above their historic average levels at the time. … “We’re looking at the various regulations on how we can move water through the Central Valley Project to make sure that, whenever we are cutting water supplies, it has a meaningful benefit,” she says.

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