LOS ANGELES — Californians should brace for another year of brown lawns, strict water restrictions and heightened calls for conservation as state water managers warned Thursday that dramatically reduced allocations are likely again in 2023.
The Department of Water Resources announced an initial allocation of just 5% of supplies requested by the State Water Project – a complex system of reservoirs, canals and dams that acts as a major component of California’s water system, supplying 29 water agencies which together provide water for around 27 million inhabitants.
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