California Halts Tap Water Delivery as Drought BitesChris Carrington Mark Cowin director of the Water Resources Department said in an interview withBloomberg: This isnt a coming crisis, this isnt an evolving crisis. This is a current crisis. This is the first time in the departments history that it has predicted what it calls zero allocation, a situation that will affect about 25 million people. The water originates n the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and from there is is distributed to local water agencies via a system of aqueducts, reservoirs, pipelines and pumping stations. Source: Chris Carrington is a writer, researcher and lecturer with a background in science, technology and environmental studies. Chris is an editor for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared. Wake the flock up! 