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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/A15.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='California Wants to Buy out Farmers to Save Water' data-article-id='6153'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9750'>Some lawmakers in the U.S. state of California want to use taxpayer money to buy out farmers.</span> <span data-start-time='9750' data-end-time='20125'>A proposal in the state Senate would spend up to $1.5 billion for their “senior water rights.”</span> <span data-start-time='20125' data-end-time='30667'>That would permit farmers to take as much water as needed from the state’s rivers and streams to grow their crops. </span> <span data-start-time='30667' data-end-time='41313'>If state officials owned those rights, they could leave the water in the rivers to aid endangered salmon and other fish.</span> <span data-start-time='41313' data-end-time='48604'>California has faced severe lack of water for most of the last 20 years. </span> <span data-start-time='48604' data-end-time='64167'>Lawmakers want to more closely examine the state’s complex water system to see how it might be changed to ensure continual supplies during especially dry periods. </span> <span data-start-time='64167' data-end-time='71292'>A separate state proposal would pay farmers to grow fewer crops to save water.</span> <span data-start-time='71292' data-end-time='78250'>Currently, about 98 percent of the state has severe drought conditions. </span> <span data-start-time='78250' data-end-time='83688'>Summer months in California rarely produce any major rainfall. </span> <span data-start-time='83688' data-end-time='89229'>Many areas have begun restricting water use for homeowners. </span> <span data-start-time='89229' data-end-time='101271'>And farmers have had their water supply from the two major state-owned water systems reduced or, in some cases, completely shut off.</span> <span data-start-time='101271' data-end-time='107875'>Legally, all the water in California is the property of the government. </span> <span data-start-time='107875' data-end-time='114646'>But farmers have “water rights” that let them take water for agriculture. </span> <span data-start-time='114646' data-end-time='123792'>Farmers have used those rights to turn California’s Central Valley into a major agricultural center. </span> <span data-start-time='123792' data-end-time='130646'>The area provides much of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables.</span> <span data-start-time='130646' data-end-time='137854'>California now has a record budget surplus of nearly $100 billion. </span> <span data-start-time='137854' data-end-time='150521'>The $1.5 billion proposal to buy senior water rights would involve either buying the land connected with the rights or buying just the right itself. </span> <span data-start-time='150521' data-end-time='158688'>Lawmakers could also require that the water be used for fish and other animals and plants.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/A15.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18695 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/which_of_the_following_is_a_definition_of_the_word_farmer.wav'>Which of the following is a definition of the word farmer?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/a_person_engaged_in_agriculture_raising_living_organisms_for_food_or_raw_materials.wav'><span>a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/a_man_in_relation_to_his_child_or_children.wav'><span>a man in relation to his child or children</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/a_small_human_statue.wav'><span>a small human statue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/a_type_of_low_wooden_sofa_that_can_be_unfolded_for_use_as_a_bed.wav'><span>a type of low wooden sofa that can be unfolded for use as a bed</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18696 data-hint-location='130646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/roughly_how_large_is_californias_budget_surplus.wav'>Roughly how large is California's budget surplus?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='$100 billion'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/100_billion.wav'><span>$100 billion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/100_trillion.wav'><span>$100 trillion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/100000.wav'><span>$100,000</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/10000.wav'><span>$10,000</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18697 data-hint-location='123792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/the_area_provides_much_of_the_nations_fruits_nuts_and__blank_.wav'>The area provides much of the nations fruits, nuts and <span class='blank'>vegetables</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='vegetables'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/vegetables.wav'><span>vegetables</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/veterinarian.wav'><span>veterinarian</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/volumes.wav'><span>volumes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5554/gestures.wav'><span>gestures</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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