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Aug 15, 2008 3:55 pm US/Pacific

Water Rationing Ends For Some SJ Valley Farmers

FRESNO (AP) ― Some farmers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley have cut back water usage so much that rationing orders in place since May have been lifted.

The conservation is because many farmers have been forced to plow under crops and abandon planting altogether because of the rationing.

A spokesman for the Westlands Water District says the decline in demand frees up water for permanent crops such as pistachios and almonds. Deliveries returned to normal last week.

The district still will receive only 40 percent of its allocation this year because of court-ordered cutbacks on pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to protect endangered smelt.

Agricultural officials estimate crop losses at more than $88 million.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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