( WATER DELIVERIES INCREASE)
STATE OFFICIALS ARE OPENING THE FAUCET A LITTLE MORE. WATER DELIVERIES TO VALLEY FARMS AND CITIES WILL GET 50-PERCENT OF WHAT THEY REQUESTED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SAYS THE SERIES OF LATE SPRING STORMS INCREASED THE SIERRA SNOWPACK, SO THE DEPARTMENT CAN SUPPLY A LITTLE MORE WATER. IN MAY, OFFICIALS INCREASED THE ALLOCATIONS TO 45-PERCENT, THIS MONTH THEY GO TO 50-PERCENT.