In an attempt to frontrun even more draconian measures resulting from California’s record drought, farmers in the state’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta who have California’s oldest water rights proposed to voluntarily cut their water use by 25% to avoid the risk of even harsher restrictions by the state later this summer should the water situation deteriorate further. State officials promptly accepted the offer, even if it is ultimately moot since there is no way to enforce it.