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As delta water plan inches ahead, could funding run dry?
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Jan 13, 2014
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As delta water plan inches ahead, could funding run dry?
The Brown administration is pushing a $25 billion water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Reporter Lauren Sommer has the story.
A third of Southern California's water comes from the Bay Delta, where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers merge, and where water from the north of the state mixes with water that meets in the San Francisco Bay.
A third of Southern California's water comes from the Bay Delta, where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers merge, and where water from the north of the state mixes with water that meets in the San Francisco Bay.
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The Brown administration is pushing a $25 billion water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Reporter Lauren Sommer has the story.

With California's snow pack at just 17 percent of normal, Governor Brown is under growing pressure to declare an official statewide drought.

As he noted this week, "governors can't make it rain," but governors can propose massive public works projects. The Brown administration is pushing a $25 billion water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Officials say it would help secure the state's water supply, but even in a dry year with little rain, finding the money for it is no sure thing. Reporter Lauren Sommer has the story.