(Source: PPIC - Public Policy Institute of California) Reforms Would Improve the Way California Allocates Water Changes Urged in Oversight of Water Rights, Trading, Envirnomental Uses SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, 2015-A set of legal and policy reforms would improve California's water allocation and water rights systems and strengthen the state's ability to weather droughts and a changing climate, according to a report released today by the PPIC Water Policy Center. The reforms include streamlining state oversight of water rights, clarifying the allocation of water for environmental uses, and facilitating water trading. The drought has underscored weaknesses that California needs to address to...
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