For best results, chlorophyll content measurements should be made when water deficits are not present.
We're just not making up the water deficit this spring.
It would take a miracle to make up the water deficit in six weeks.
"It underscores the severity of the water deficit we face and the real need for everyone to make an extra effort to conserve," she said.
High summer temperatures and the pronounced water deficits during the growing season are the norm.
The city's initial reaction to its water deficit, in the early 1990's, was to put a moratorium on new development.
Councilman Leffler said the city's water deficit amounted to about 200 million gallons a day.
The evapotranspiration is twice that of precipitation, causing a water deficit.
Facing a water deficit, the stressed trees will grow more slowly, leading to the divergence.
This indicates a water deficit of over 80 percent.
