Edie: Residents of the drought-stricken American state of California are facing a water clampdown. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has capped this year’s allocation of water to State Water Project (SWP) contractors, which deliver to more than 25 million residents and more than 750,000 acres of farmland, at just 15% of their requests describing prevailing water conditions as “severe”. State governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last Friday, February 27, declared a state of emergency, …