Water Crisis

Southern California Water Agency to Cut Supplies By 10%

  It is the first time such action has been taken since the early 1990's drought; Statewide water conditions remain below average for the third consecutive year, officials say.   By Bettina Boxall Los Angeles Times April 15, 2009     The board of Southern California's major water wholesaler voted Tuesday to effectively cut water deliveries across the region by 10% this summer.   The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has warned for months that the state's drought and environmentally driven cutbacks in water shipments from Northern California would leave demand higher than supply.   "We're shore," said Jeffrey

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