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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this May 6, 2014 photo, Steven Ritchie, an assistant general manager of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, walks on a bridge over Moccasin reservoir at the Moccasin Powerhouse in Moccasin, Calif. Tuolumne River water rushes through the plant, creating electricity, then goes into the reservoir before being carried by tunnels to San Francisco Bay Area taps. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this May 1, 2014 photo, a group of children cool off in the Feather River in Yuba City, Calif, where, according to some local residents, the water level is significantly lower than it used to be. Some of California’s drought-ravaged reservoirs are running so low that state water deliveries to some metropolitan areas have all but stopped, and cutbacks are forcing growers to fallow fields. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this May 1, 2014 photo, farmworker Chris Volkman examines the rice field sprayed with liquid fertilizer before getting water in Richvale, Calif. California’s drought-ravaged reservoirs are running so low that state water deliveries to some metropolitan areas have all but stopped, and cutbacks are forcing growers to fallow fields. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this May 1, 2014 photo, fourth-generation rice farmer Josh Sheppard walks across the dried-up ditch at his rice farm in Richvale, Calif. California’s 19th-century water laws give about 4,000 companies, farms and others unmonitored water while the state is mired in a three-year drought that has forced water cutbacks to cities and the nation’s agricultural center. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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In this May 12, 2014 photo, a worker puts additives into a furnace at Rochester Metal Products Corp. in Rochester, Ind. The hulking induction furnaces the plant uses to melt scrap iron consume enough electricity to power 7,000 households. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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In this May 12, 2014 photo, a worker puts additives into a furnace at Rochester Metal Products Corp. in Rochester, Ind. The hulking induction furnaces the plant uses to melt scrap iron consume enough electricity to power 7,000 households. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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In this May 12, 2014 photo, molten metal pours out of a furnace at Rochester Metal Products Corp. in Rochester, Ind. The hulking induction furnaces the plant uses to melt scrap iron consume enough electricity to power 7,000 households. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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In this May 12, 2014 photo, molten metal is cast at Rochester Metal Products Corp. in Rochester, Ind. The hulking induction furnaces the plant uses to melt scrap iron consume enough electricity to power 7,000 households. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)