Millions of federal dollars are headed to California to help battle water shortages around the state, federal officials announced Aug. 18.
Twenty-five projects will split $310 million in federal cash to increase water capacity by 213,000 acre-feet and support more than 850,000 people. Of the total, 20 projects are in California; the remaining five are in Hawaii, Idaho, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
“Water is essential to everything we do and it will take all of us, working together, to address the significant drought impacts we are seeing across the West,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement. Haaland is responsible for conserving and managing federal land and natural resources….