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Climate Central: Although recent rains have put a dent in the Texas drought, a day of reckoning looms for the state's long-grain rice growers, who pump millions into the economy in Southeast Texas each year and account for about 5 percent of America's rice production. Come March 1, if there is less than 850,000 acre-feet of water in reservoirs along the Lower Colorado River, water managers will be forced to take the unprecedented step of withholding water from agricultural users, which will mean severe cuts to Texas......
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Drought May Cause Shutdown of Texas Rice Production
Posted by Climate Central: Andrew Freedman on January 31st, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation