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State orders sweeping ban on pumping Delta River water – CalMatters
In sweeping water curtailments stretching from Fresno to the Oregon state line, cities and growers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed have been ordered to stop pumping from rivers and streams. The cutbacks, announced by the State Water Resources Control Board, will affect about 4,500 water rights in the Delta watershed, including 400 or more held by 212 public water systems. But they’re concentrated around the San Joaquin River and its tributaries, where state officials expect “significant, very deep cuts.”
PG&E ushers in landmark Tesla battery energy storage system at Moss Landing – Mercury News
Monterey County is, once again, leading by example in the future of clean energy storage as industry leaders this week ushered in the use of Pacific Gas and Electric’s newest addition to its Moss Landing electric substation — a 182.5-megawatt Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system.
As California big cities fail to cut their waste use, rural communities are already tapped out – CNN
The challenges of drought facing many rural California communities is told through the stories of several Tulare County residents in this article from CNN.