Jun 28, 2009 4:29 pm US/Pacific
Ken Salazar Assigns Deputy As Calif. Water Czar
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ―
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced several steps he hopes will ease the toll of the state's water shortage. (File Photo)
Michael Choy/CBS
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced several steps he hopes will ease the toll of the state's water shortage, and is assigning a top deputy to help find solutions.
At a Sunday town hall meeting in California's agricultural heartland, Salazar told a packed auditorium that Deputy Interior Secretary David J. Hayes will "bring all of the key federal agencies to the table" to coordinate efforts.
Salazar said he wants $160 million in Recovery Act funds for the federal Central Valley Project, which manages the dams and canals that move water around the state, and will expedite water transfers from other areas.
Farmers said that three years of drought and water cutbacks to protect threatened fish are forcing them to fallow hundreds of thousands of acres and idle farm workers.
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