Drought-stricken California has ordered the largest cuts on record to farmers holding some of the state's strongest water rights. The move marked the first time that the state has forced large numbers of holders of senior-water rights holders to curtail water use.
As drought deepens in California, the state's water board director says he'll decide by Friday whether to accept an offer from a group of farmers to give up a fourth of their available water.
Farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are proposing voluntarily cutting their water use to avoid even harsher restrictions later this summer as the state's record drought continues.
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