State taking unprecedented action to conserve water in upper Russian River
State regulators are suspending the ability of about 1,500 water right holders to draw from the upper Russian River watershed, in an unprecedented bid to try to preserve as much storage in Lake Mendocino as possible in the event of a third successive dry winter. The order handed down Monday will affect hundreds of grape growers, ranchers, small water districts, towns and rural property owners. It takes effect Tuesday under emergency regulations adopted in June by the State Water Resources Control Board.
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