[20141205]IF10019_H、 R.5781 建议立法最大限度地增加供水以解决加利福尼亚州的干旱问题.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov December 5, 2014H.R. 5781: Legislation Proposed to Maximize Water Supplies to Address Drought in CaliforniaCalifornia is experiencing serious water shortages due to widespread drought. (See Figure 1.) The state is served by two large water infrastructure projects that store water for future usethe federal Central Valley Project (CVP) and the State Water Project (SWP). Both projects have had to reduce water deliveries in 2014 to the farmers and communities they serve. Many water users have received no water from the CVP and SWP this year and are supplementing surface water supplies with groundwater, leading to concerns that local aquifers are being depleted. The dry hydrological conditions, in combination with regulatory restrictions on water being pumped from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers Delta confluence with the San Francisco Bay (Bay-Delta) to protect water quality and fish and wildlife, have resulted in water supply cutbacks for CVP and SWP water users throughout their respective service areas and historic cutbacks to senior water rights in some areas. The effects are widespread and are being felt by many economic sectors, including agric