Hedging against the risk of a third dry year in 2009, California officials on Thursday unveiled a "drought water bank" to help thirsty cities and farms cope.
The water bank, managed by the Department of Water Resources, will be prepared to move as much as 600,000 acre-feet of water from willing sellers in the north to buyers in the south.
That's enough to serve more than 1.2 million homes for a year _ if used carefully
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