Friday Top of the Scroll: California drought eases as state increases water deliveries to cities, farms
In a major sign that California’s drought conditions are easing after a series of huge storms earlier this month, state water officials on Thursday increased the amount of water that cities and farms will receive this summer from the State Water Project, a series of dams, canals and pumps that provides water to 27 million people from the Bay Area to San Diego. The increased water deliveries — six times the amount promised on Dec. 1 — are made possible by rapidly filling reservoirs and a huge Sierra Nevada snowpack and likely will mean that many communities will ease or lift summer water restrictions if the wet weather continues through the spring.
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