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The state Department of Water Resources predicts it will make available only 15 percent of water requested by providers throughout the state. DWR  
Chronicle  

Dry forecast

State prepared to drastically slash water deliveries

The state could cut as much as 85 percent of the water it delivers to local suppliers, the second-lowest allocation estimate in modern California history. (San Francisco Chronicle)
ALSO:
• Even an average winter won't pull California out of drought
• Water shortages could lead to rationing
• Water deliveries to plunge to 15% of requests
• 'Hope for the best and prepare for the worst'
• Southland's second-lowest allocation from state
• San Diego faces tough water restrictions
• MWD responds to State Water Project allocation
• Water agencies to kick off conservation campaign
• SDCWA intensifies call for water conservation
• Rain. Finally.

This massive eight volume EIR has been in the works for three years. KCBS  
KCBS  

Seismic upgrade

S.F. approves $4.4 billion Hetch Hetchy retrofit plan

San Francisco city officials Thursday gave approval to a $4.4 billion project to seismically retrofit the Hetch Hetchy water system that provides water to some 2.5 million customers in the Bay Area. (KTVU Oakland)
ALSO:
•  By unanimous vote, Hetch Hetchy upgrade moves forward

Alameda County Water District engineer I, Evan Buckland, takes a water sample in Alameda Creek. BEA AHBECK/Fremont Argus  
Argus  

Mystery solved

Alameda treatment plant off the hook in fish deaths

A combination of above-average algae growth and urban runoff from the first storm of the season appears to have caused the deaths of thousands of fish earlier this month in a section of Alameda Creek. (Fremont Argus)

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