Senior water rights holders cutting back on water use

BAKERSFIELD, CA - California ranchers and farmers who hold water rights dating back centuries are being told they have to stop pumping from rivers and streams.
The state water resources control board approved in May a proposal from senior right holders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to voluntarily cut back water use by 25 percent.     In exchange for the cutbacks, the farmers received assurances they would not face further curtailment during the June-September growing