State works to better adapt to extreme dry, wet periods

Ching Lee

California Farm Bureau Federation

As California farmers struggle through impacts of rapid swings between intense drought and severe deluge, the state's water chief emphasized the need to better manage flood flows and groundwater during wet periods to improve water supply reliability during dry periods.

Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, highlighted some of the work already underway during the state's weather whiplash in recent years. She also outlined long-term plans to help the state adapt more broadly.

Nemeth spoke during the California Farm Bur...