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NPR’s Morning Edition<\/em> launched an “occasional series” on California’s water woes this morning. Veteran correspondent John McChesney begins with the impact on agriculture<\/a> in the Central Valley’s Westlands Water District, the nation’s “biggest irrigated region.”<\/p>\n

KQED’s Central Valley Bureau Chief and Climate Watch contributor Sasha Khokha will have three stories in the series, two of which will debut on The California Report<\/em> in the weeks ahead:<\/p>\n

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WATER METERS<\/a><\/strong>: Many California cities are preparing for or implementing mandatory water rationing this summer. But there are still cities and towns, particularly in California\u2019s Central Valley, where water can\u2019t be rationed because residents don\u2019t even have water meters.\u00a0 Residents are charged a flat rate for any amount of water they use. Khokha looks at the city of Fresno, where water meters will be phased in, but not until 2013.<\/p>\n

MENDOTA PROFILE<\/strong>: The town of Mendota in California\u2019s Central Valley is at the heart of the economic crisis spawned by drought and the loss of farm jobs.\u00a0 Sam Rubio grew up here, the son of a Mexican farmworker.\u00a0 He went off to college, and was planning to become a doctor, but instead has returned to this town to teach biology, mentor local kids, and run a caf\u00e9 that\u2019s become a haven for the farmworker youth.<\/p>\n

AG ADAPTING TO DROUGHT<\/a><\/strong>: California farmers are facing an increasingly uncertain water supply, brought about by drought, environmental restrictions on pumping, and climate change. How will farmers adapt? Some of them are yanking out water-intensive\u00a0crops and replacing them with more drought-tolerant ones. But others are trying to keep growing the same crops with improved technology. We\u2019ll follow a new tech start-up that\u2019s helping farmers use water more efficiently by tracking how much moisture reaches each plant in their fields–and sending a satellite message to their cell phones. We\u2019ll also talk with a researcher who says there are ways California can grow some key crops, like oranges and nuts, using less water.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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