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Tackling these issues with cooperative, coordinated approaches is key to success.<br> <br>This research was supported with funding from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the TomKat Foundation, and the US Environmental Protection Agency.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#475153;padding:5.25pt 0in 5.25pt 0in;border-radius:3px'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://go.pardot.com/e/156151/main-publication-asp-i-1224/7c7vq/295186161" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:white;border:solid #475153 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=260 height=195 id="yiv8815647411_x005f_x0000_i1027" src="http://go.pardot.com/l/156151/2017-01-31/753qg/156151/13823/CentralValleyFarm260x195.jpg" alt="Central Valley Farm"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><div style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width=600 style='width:6.25in' noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><h4 style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#6495A1'>Related event and webcast</span><o:p></o:p></h4><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.75pt'><span class=yiv8815647411date><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#505050'>On <b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Tuesday, March 7</span></b>,</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#505050'> in Clovis, the PPIC Water Policy Center and the California 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