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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=Default><a href="http://www.water.ca.gov/waterconditions/docs/California_Signficant_Droughts_2015_small.pdf">http://www.water.ca.gov/waterconditions/docs/California_Signficant_Droughts_2015_small.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='color:windowtext'> </span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#221E1F'>Comparing the current </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#221E1F'>drought with others in California history <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#221E1F'>California is in the midst of a significant drought, but how does it compare to other droughts in the state’s history? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#221E1F'>DWR set out to answer that question with the new report, </span><span class=A1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>California’s Most Significant Droughts: Comparing Historical and Recent Conditions</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#221E1F'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#221E1F'> It was developed in response to questions about the current drought’s relative severity. The report looks back as far as the six-year drought of 1929-34.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>