31.   Because of a drought, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation cut off the irrigation water in April, diverting what water there was for endangered fish.

32.   In other places, tests of irrigation water are turning up microbial contamination, a major cause of poisoned produce.

33.   In particular, they are upset with a clause that requires the government to charge farmers for irrigation water.

34.   Last month in Kamphaeng Phet, hundreds of rice and frut farmers tried to destroy a small dam because they wanted more irrigation water from the Ping River.

35.   Ramli said farmers should conserve irrigation water.

36.   Similar irrigation water is also widely used in neighboring India.

37.   The bureau noted shortages of irrigation water continue to dog the industry for the fourth consecutive crop year.

38.   The farmers, meanwhile, have spent money on seed, irrigation water, tractor rental and other expenses.

39.   The government is cutting off irrigation water to hundreds of farmers in a basin along the Oregon-California border to help threatened and endangered fish survive a drought.

40.   The move is to avoid over-drawing water from the river, the major source of irrigation water for padi fields in the district and in south Kedah.