SACRAMENTO, California — California state water managers are likely to be able to increase how much water they pump out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta under a new set of environmental rules approved Thursday, which align the state more closely with federal water managers.
What happened: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday largely approved the Department of Water Resources’ request to loosen the operating rules of the State Water Project, the system of pumps and canals that moves water from the sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to cities and farms.
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