The year’s first allocation from California’s massive water storage and delivery system has been set at just 10 percent of requested supplies, officials with the state Department of Water Resources announced Monday. 

DWR operates the State Water Project, which delivers water to 29 public water agencies that serve an estimated 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland throughout the state. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.