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Water Rationing
- Turlock Irrigation District – 37 percent cut
in agricultural water allocations
- Merced Irrigation District growers receive
2.5 acre-feet of water per acre (industry
standard water requirements for almonds
is 3 acre-feet per acre).
- All of Central Valley Project contractors
(including those north of the Delta) are
receiving a 40 percent allocation.
- Westlands Water District growers are receiving
0.47 acre-feet of water per acre.
- Bella Vista Water District adopted drought
surcharge for water usage exceeding 75%
of water used during the past water year.
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Land Fallowing
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Fresno
County : 46,347 acres
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Kern
County : 30,895 acres
- Merced County: 2,947 acres
Acres Damaged
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Fresno
County : 170,200 acres
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Kern
County : 1,821,000 acres
- Merced County: 10,695 acres
The Bottom Line
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Fresno
County : $86.65 million loss
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Kern County : $69.5 million loss
- Kings County: $10.88 million loss
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Communicate 
In the first half of 2008 water shortages and drought conditions have already led to serious impacts on Agricultural production in the Central Valley. Governor Schwarzenegger declared a water shortage related disaster in nine counties, data from the disaster reports are available for seven of these counties.
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