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How Did A.C.I.D. Respond To Federal Water Cuts? Key Questions, Answered. 

Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District has supplied water to irrigators in Shasta County for more than 100 years. This year, after federal cuts and local water sales, residents have been left without water. Here's how ACID responded to federal cuts, what options they considered for the district's remaining water allocations, and how they plan to use the $7.5 million gained by selling off the district's remaining water.

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Emergency Drought Relief For Family Farms Could Help Some in the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District

Federal cuts and local water sales have left farmers in Shasta County's Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District without water this year. As fields have gone brown and dead, many small family farmers have sold off livestock they are no longer able to feed. The Community Alliance with Family Farmers says they hope their small emergency grants are enough to help some farmers survive.

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