Arizona can deal with drought, Senate panel told

droughtBy Bill Theobald, Republic Washington Bureau

Witnesses presented a bleak picture of the ongoing drought in the West during a Senate hearing Tuesday, but there were a few rays of hope.

First the bad news:

  • Seventy-five percent of the land in the 11 westernmost states is facing abnormally dry-to-exceptional drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
  • California has ordered a 25 percent reduction in water use by non-farm users.

Continued:

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