WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced a pair of bills to help address growing water supply challenges in California and the American West. As severe droughts, warming temperatures, limitations on groundwater pumping, and outdated infrastructure compound California's water scarcity issues, these bills would bolster water security for both cities and agricultural communities while delivering environmental and ecological benefits.
The California Department of Water Resources estimates that the drinking water deficit will reach 6 million acre feet of water per year by 2040 - enough drinking wate...