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California, Water Management in
California and water: the two always have been, and always will be, inextricably linked. No resource is as vital to California's cities, agriculture, industry, recreation, scenic beauty, and environmental preservation as its "liquid gold." And no resource is as steeped in controversy.
The fundamental controversy surrounding California's water supply is one of distribution coupled with conflicts between competing interests over the use of available supplies. Nearly 75 percent of the available water originates in the northern third of the state (north of the city of Sacramento), whereas 80 percent of the demand occurs in the southern two-thirds of the
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