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Water Controversies Boil Over

The low water level of the San Luis Reservoir served as the backdrop for a rally of farmers and farmworkers on April 17, the end of their four-day march through the Central Valley from Mendota to bring attention to the California water crisis and environmental problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The third year of drought is expected to bring more job loss and rising food prices. (DAVID McNEW/Getty Images) Any doubt that California is hip-deep in an epic struggle for water was put to rest earlier this month when an estimated 10,000 farmers and farmworkers marched 50 miles across the gasping San Joaquin Valley.

The goal was to heighten awareness about their water shortage, brought about by a third year of drought in California and environmental problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Their alliance is surprising, given a long history of acrimony between farm owners and laborers. It demonstrates the shifting alliances and simmering tensions that emerge when people fight over water.

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