State water allocation drops to 5%. What it means for California.
Facing potential drought, California's DWR announces a conservative 5% water allocation for 2025, hoping to increase if winter rain and snow improve.
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Faced with a third year of drought, California is decreasing State Water Project deliveries to just 5% of requested supplies and regulating groundwater in medium to high priority basins.