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Could NASA satellites help with decision making during drought conditions? That’s what researchers at the University of Colorado are trying to figure out. The school received a $1.4 million grant from NASA on March 6 to study California’s drought conditions using NASA satellite data. “California is such as interesting place to study water, because of the cycles of drought to floods,” lead researcher Noah Molotch said. Molotch, along with a couple other scientists, are collaborating with the California Department of Water Resources on the research. According to the grant terms, the study is expected to run through January 2020.

The company’s 10-K filing – its company annual performance report published on 16 March 2017 – states: “Both the exchange rate for the Mexico peso relative to the dollar and general macroeconomic conditions in Mexico have declined since the US presidential election in November 2016. These changes have adversely impacted the estimated construction, operating, and financing costs for the project.”

California farmers have a sympathetic president in the White House and have enjoyed one of the wettest winters on record. But those in a giant swath of the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country, are due to get only two-thirds of their water allotment this year from the federal government.