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One of the world’s most productive agricultural districts is under new leadership and plotting a course through a more turbulent water future—balancing wild swings in federal allocations while drastically cutting groundwater pumping.

The Department of Water Resources on Thursday bumped water allocations to 100% for the first time in nearly two decades, and the Bureau of Reclamation immediately followed suit.