"Pono mākou i kahi Mākaʻikaʻi Manaʻo," wahi a Don Davis, ka mea kanu almond County, e hōʻike ana i ka hopohopo o nā mahiʻai he nui i ka hāʻule ʻana o Kaleponi i loko o ka maloʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ka US Drought Monitor i ka pule i hala aku nei he 85% o ka mokuʻāina ke ʻike nei i ka maloʻo a me ka maloʻo ʻē aʻe, a ma ka lā like, ua hoʻolaha ka US Bureau of Reclamation i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa no nā mea kūʻai aku o kāna Central Valley Project.
Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo ia i 5% mau lako i kāna mau lawelawe ʻoihana mahiʻai ma ka ʻākau a me ka hema o ka delta. Kūʻai ʻo Davis i ka wai ma o kahi ʻaelike Papa 1 me ka CVP Friant Division a loaʻa iā ia kahi lako 20%.
"ʻO kēlā ʻāpana ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻawi mai lākou iaʻu ma kahi o 20% o kaʻu hoʻohana maʻamau, no laila ʻo ka 80% ʻē aʻe e hele mai mai nā pūnāwai," wahi āna.
Ma ka Westlands Water District, ka mea i loaʻa he 5% kahi wahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Nui ʻo Tom Birmingham i kahi ʻōlelo ʻaʻole he mea kupanaha ka hoʻolaha ʻana, no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kūlana hydrologic o kēia manawa a me nā hoʻoponopono e kaupalena ana i nā hana CVP. "He mea pōʻino ia no ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā kaiāulu a puni ka ʻāina e hilinaʻi nei i ka wai mai ka CVP a me nā hana i hana ʻia e ka mahiʻai irrigated," wahi a Birmingham.
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Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ryan Ferguson, ka mea mahiʻai i kahi hui o nā mea kanu ma ka ʻāina ʻo Huron o ka moku Westlands, ʻo ka 5% ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana "e lilo ia i mea paʻakikī i ka mālama ʻana i nā kālā wai i kēia makahiki." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kanu i ka ʻāina i nele i ka ʻaelike no nā mea kanu, e like me ka pulupulu pima.
ʻO nā koi hou aʻe a me nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i ke kaulike ʻana i nā lako wai ma lalo o ka Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, a i ʻole SGMA, hiki ke hōʻemi hou i ke kanu ʻana i nā mea kanu makahiki, wahi a Ferguson.
"Hydrology, me ka ua a me ka snowpack, ua iho i lalo, he ʻilihune nā kūlana wai, ua paʻa mau nā hana ma ka delta, no laila aia nā mea pōʻino a pau," wahi a Michael. "Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi papahana ma ka ʻāina e hana i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka ʻāina a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka wai i nā mahiʻai pili ʻole i ka wai ʻole."
Hāʻawi ʻia i ka hāʻawi wai pōkole a me ka hoʻokō ʻana o SGMA, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e "hoʻāʻo nei ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā ʻāpana e hoʻohana i nā mea hana like ʻole a ʻimi i kēlā me kēia koho," e like me ka ʻimi ʻana e kūkulu i ka Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, nā papahana hoʻihoʻi wai honua a me nā mea hou aku.