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State orders users to stop pumping from streams

By Washington Examiner
Published May 30, 2014 1:02pm ET
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time in nearly 40 years, drought-stricken California has ordered more than 2,600 water agencies and users in the Sacramento Valley to stop pumping water from streams.

The Sacramento Bee reports Friday (http://bit.ly/SXK6H7) that the State Water Resources Control Board imposed the curtailment notice this week.

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