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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />003Ull <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />This special report by the Department of Water Resources <br />is presented in response to widespread concern over the lack of <br />rain and snow in most of the State during the current water year. <br /> <br />Most of the irrigated farms and the towns and cities <br />should not face any major problems. The physical systems and <br />facilities that have been constructed over the years by private <br />individuals and by local, state and federal agencies will function <br />as they were intended: to furnish the needed water supplies. <br /> <br />The report shows that most municipal and agricultural <br />water supply systems are designed to carryover water from one year <br />to the next, in recognition that the "normal" and "average" <br />conditions we've come to expect in recent years are in fact <br />composites of both wet and dry years. <br /> <br />However, we can only control and manage nature to a <br />limited extent. Those who rely on rainfall directly for irri- <br />gation - dry farmed grain and vast acreages of pasture, for <br />example - are being damaged by current drought conditions. <br />Winter recreation has been severely limited by lack of snow. <br /> <br />This fact emphasizes the need for all Californians - <br />city dweller and farmer alike - to save water and practice <br />water conservation on a regular basis, not just in years such <br />as the present. <br /> <br />We wish to thank the State Departments of Conservation, <br />Fish and Game, Food and Agriculture, Navigation and Ocean <br />Development, and Parks and Recreation, and the Office of <br />Emergency Services for their cooperation in preparation of <br />this report. <br /> <br />~t: IUM <br /> <br />Director <br />February 1, 1976 <br /> <br />i <br />