Ag Department Seeks Israeli Input on Water Conservation

Hearing about the drought and its profound effects on agriculture here in California is nothing new to residents of the Golden State.

Despite some more recent figures showing increasing reservoir levels and amounts of precipitation in some parts of the state, the severity of the drought has remained relatively unchanged, leading to about 43 percent of California to be considered under severe-to-exceptional drought, according to the Pacific Institute in Oakland.  However, it is not the recurring story of the drought’s persistence Californians are interested in hearing about, it’s what’s being done to counter it.