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State auditor investigates California's disappearing water—as a new culprit emerges

07/27/22 8:24 AM By Brad Hooker
After years of drought and extreme heat, the environment is thirsty and sponging up moisture—creating a new adversary in California’s water wars.
KEYWORDS California agriculture climate impacts to California's water supply delta ecosystem collapse evapotranspiration demand for crops extreme heat evaporates water supply freshwater flows megadrought in the West worst in 1,200 years
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief,
Agri-Pulse West