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Obama: Figure out how to satisfy US water needs

By Darlene Superville
Published February 15, 2014 2:52pm ET
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Obama: Figure out how to satisfy US water needs
A sercret service agent looks over a farm field as President Barack Obama speaks to the media on California's drought situation Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Los Banos, Calif. Farmers in California's drought-stricken Central Valley said the financial assistance President Barack Obama delivered on his visit Friday does not get to the heart of California's long-term water problems. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Wally Skalij, Pool) | Wally Skalij

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama drew a link between climate change and California’s drought, and said the U.S. must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone’s water needs are satisfied.

On a tour of central California on Friday, Obama warned that weather-related disasters will only get worse.

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