Sue Sims

Chief Deputy Director and spokesperson for the California Department of Water Resources

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Chief Deputy Director and spokesperson for the California Department of Water Resources

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Global warming is one threat to California’s water supply.  Another is the fragile condition of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, which irrigates thousands of acres of crops and…

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