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Drought and Water Issues

Even Senior Water Rights Holders Are Subject To California Drought Cutbacks

KVCR | By Katie Orr

Published September 25, 2015 at 10:31 AM PDT

California has a 100-year-old system for managing who gets to take water from rivers and streams. As Capital Public Radio's Katie Orr reports, that system got tested this summer.

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