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April 9, 2007
2. Supply
CLIMATE ISSUES:
In California, warming trend renews water debate - Associated Press
Are more dams California
Editorial: As climate changes, water policies must as well; You don't need a weather man to know which way that hot, dry wind's blowing - Sacramento Bee
Editorial: A little goes a long way -
DELTA ISSUES:
Guest Column: As Sacramento fiddles, the wells run dry - Pasadena Star News
DELTA SUPPLY ISSUES:
Farmers in Delta running short on water - Stockton Record
WESTERN WATER:
Five options on tap in case water dries up ; Southern Nevada favors the plan that involves a mix of banking and credits - Las Vegas Sun
GROUNDWATER:
County Eyes supply, pollution - Sonora Union Democrat
SIERRA SNOWPACK:
Lean snowpack could impact rafting; Lower water content may shorten season for some river activities - Auburn Journal
CLIMATE ISSUES:
In
Associated Press – 4/7/07
By Samantha Young, staff writer
ORANGE COVE, Calif. -- A century ago, when Harvey Bailey's great uncle happened upon this spot where California's Central Valley begins its ascent toward the Sierra Nevada, he could tell it was a land made for farming.
Rich soils, abundant ground water, moderate temperatures. His ranch flourished as a modest family citrus farm since he planted the first tree in 1913.
Three decades later came a change that would transform not just the Bailey ranch, but the entire
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Roughly half a century after that era ended,
Climate change is expected to alter
The debate has pitted farmers and metropolitan water planners who argue for more dams and canals against environmentalists and Democrats who control the Legislature. They favor conservation and oppose any measures that will leave a heavy imprint on the environment.
"You can't sit on your thumbs and not plan for the future," Bailey said. "Planning for the future means you've got to have more water supplies you can draw on year round."
Yet scientific models show the state's water supply to be the natural resource most vulnerable to the effects of rising global temperatures. The state's leading scientists and hydrologists generally agree on the potential consequences. Among them:
-- The Sierra snowpack is expected to shrink and melt faster, leaving insufficient supplies for cities, farms and hydroelectric plants during the hottest months of summer and fall, when demand is greatest.
-- Prolonged droughts along the Colorado River will force
-- A rising
-- Earlier melting of the snowpack coinciding with spring storms could overwhelm any part of the 1,600 miles of earthen levees, flooding
The most crucial piece of
For decades, the natural cycle has remained relatively unchanged: The snowpack builds through winter and early spring, then melts gradually from late spring through midsummer. That allows the reservoirs to fill and state water managers to release the water in late summer and fall, operating on a schedule that satisfies cities and farmers.
Warming temperatures already are beginning to disrupt that pattern.
"We're going to have more water when we don't want it and less water when we want it," said John Dracup, an environmental engineering professor at the
The Sierra snowpack already is showing signs of change, similar to those seen in
Overall, it has shrunk about 10 percent below its wintertime average. The water content contained in the snowpack this spring, the calculation that determines summer water deliveries, was at its lowest level in nearly two decades.
Scientific models show even warmer temperatures in the future could result in far more precipitation falling as rain than snow, reducing the snowpack 25-50 percent by the end of the century.
The situation is equally alarming along the
A report released in February by the National Research Council projects more severe droughts along the Colorado River in the Southwest as temperatures rise. The council is part of the National Academies, an independent organization chartered by Congress to advise the government on scientific matters.
Cities and irrigation districts throughout
The agency that supplies water to much of
As part of that effort, the Santa Clara Valley Water District is trying to make itself less reliant on the delta, a system that provides half the district's water but is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels that would make the water too salty. The agency is developing recycling and conservation projects and is working with other
"Local governments and local water districts are going to have to plan now for the future," said Tony Estremera board chairman of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. "It's time for the reality of global warming. We have to get ready to deal with the problems."
Dealing with those problems on a statewide scale, however, will not prove easy.
The options vary widely but have a common thread: All are expensive.
Farmers, agricultural irrigation districts and some city water managers favor building more reservoirs, an idea that has at least the partial backing of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has proposed spending $4.5 billion to build one reservoir in a valley north of
That reservoir has enabled Bailey and his brother to more than triple the size of their great uncle's farm in the aptly named Orange Cove. But competition for the water is increasing, as the town has doubled in population since 1990, a trend seen throughout the
This past year, the town's mayor negotiated with a neighboring county for additional water.
Bailey and other farmers say they need an additional reservoir if they are to have enough water to meet their irrigation demands in the years ahead.
"If you don't get rain, you've still got to put water on the crops," Bailey said.
The rapid growth in the Central Valley and the prospect of changing conditions in rivers and reservoirs has begun to worry many
Much of the boat ramp remained exposed, and the high water point was visible on the rocks along the shoreline, like the ring around a draining bathtub. Bailey and others said building a second reservoir above the existing one would ensure ample water supplies even in dry years.
State water officials support that view.
"Storage has a whole different feel to it now," said state Department of Water Resources Director Lester Snow. "It's a way to manage the potential impacts of climate change."
Environmentalists and Democrats in the Legislature see it differently. They oppose building new reservoirs and favor alternatives such as storing more water in underground aquifers and implementing tougher conservation measures.
But even with such success, conservationists say more should be done, especially with the state's population expected to hit 55 million by 2050.
Among the proposals they favor is spending $2 billion over seven years to increase the use of water-saving devices such as low-flush toilets and low-flow shower heads. They also urge increased water recycling for use in industrial plants, to recharge underground storage basins and restore wildlife habitat.
Environmentalists advocate changing the way water is released from the state's 1,300 reservoirs so the action is better coordinated with meteorological forecasting. Current practices waste about 20 percent of the state's water, said Aris Georgakakos, a
Opponents of new reservoirs say desalination, while expensive, would provide a more cost-effective alternative.
"Climate change is not a justification for building new storage," said Peter Gleick, president of the Oakland-based Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security. "At the moment, there are cheaper, faster alternatives to meet those same needs."
As difficult as it will be to reach consensus over new dams, no debate is expected to be as contentious as the proposal for a canal to divert fresh water around the delta.
A $3 billion canal would send Sacramento River water around the environmentally fragile delta directly to cities in Southern California and the
Doing so would remove the potential for catastrophe if sea levels rise or an earthen levee gives way and allows water from
The sharp divisions already evident over dam-building, a canal to circumvent the delta and other proposals have prompted some lawmakers and policy experts to call for a temporary break in pitching such projects.
They say more study is needed before
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A look at where Californians get their water for farms and cities
Associated Press
How does a state with nearly 37 million people get enough water for irrigating crops, keeping golf courses green and taking showers? A complex system of local, state and federal water projects has done the job for decades. Here's a look at
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-- State Water Project: The 444-mile California Aqueduct is the heart of the state-run water program. It sends water from the north -- which gets most of the rainfall and snowmelt runoff -- to the
-- Colorado River:
-- Groundwater:
-- Local supplies: More than 600 cities and local agencies provide water through locally developed projects and imported supplies. One example is
Sources:
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Are more dams California
Associated Press – 4/7/07
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed $4.5 billion in bonds to build two new dams, which his administration says are needed to boost water supplies. Most Democratic lawmakers and conservationists are opposed. Here are some of the issues involved in the debate:
Q: Why are more dams under consideration?
A: Scientists say climate change will reduce
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Building more reservoirs would give the state more space to store about 3 million acre feet of water. By comparison,
The additional dams also could provide more places to send water when rivers in Northern California and the
Q: What are some of the concerns about building new dams?
A: Dams are expensive and alter the natural flows and habitats of rivers. Opponents say a dwindling snowpack could make some existing dams obsolete because global warming could lead to less water flowing from the Sierra as snowmelt. They say the state should invest money on alternatives such as conservation efforts, desalination, water recycling and recharging groundwater.
Q: Where could dams be built?
A: The state has two leading candidates for new reservoirs. The first is known as Temperance Flat in the narrow canyon above
The state is considering another area along the Sacramento River in the rolling hills and grasslands of the
Q: Why don't we just finish the Auburn Dam?
A: It's the project that never seems to go away. Congress approved a dam along the
Republicans in Congress are anxious to get construction crews back to the dam site in the Sierra foothills east of
Q: What are the alternatives to dams?
A: Local water agencies are trying to improve methods to recycle water for use at industrial plants, to recharge groundwater basins and restore habitat. Some coastal cities are considering removing salt from sea water, but the technology is expensive.
Pumping water into the ground could free up reservoir space, but one limitation is the amount of time it takes for water to seep into deep aquifers.
The state Department of Water Resources estimates that cities can save up to 2.3 million acre feet of water by encouraging residents to install low-flush toilets and other water-efficient devices. Meanwhile, farmers can reduce the amount of water used for agriculture by as much as 2 million acre feet by 2030 if they use water-saving pipes and switch to crops that require less water.
Q: Is the
A: State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has introduced a bill that would allow for a canal that sends
A canal would deliver fresh water directly to the
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Editorial: As climate changes, water policies must as well; You don't need a weather man to know which way that hot, dry wind's blowing
Sacramento
In the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack that feeds much of
At Lake Mead, which supplies water to
Scientists can't say with certainty that such dry spells are the result of global warming, but the reports create a worrisome backdrop on which to consider the second report this year of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Released Friday, this report concluded, with 90 percent confidence, that human activity is causing global warming and that this greenhouse effect is already causing impacts across the planet.
In general, the climatic shift is causing more rain to fall and growing seasons to lengthen in areas closer to the world's poles. It is also contributing to longer dry spells and hotter temperatures in the middle latitudes, the IPCC concluded.
The report, the work of 2,500 of the world's top scientists, poses challenges for policymakers at every level of government.
If scientific projections play out as expected, impoverished nations of the world will bear the brunt of intensified climate change, even though they are minor contributors to the problem. They will see their heavily populated coastlines inundated as sea levels rise and will face more deadly floods, droughts and changes in agriculture.
Here in
Scientists also see increasing evidence that the U.S. Southwest is moving toward a more arid climate, resulting in more wildfires and water shortages.
"There is a broad consensus amongst climate models that this region will dry significantly in the 21st century and that the transition to a more arid climate should already be under way," said a study published online Thursday in the journal Science.
In
Utilities that depend on hydropower -- such as the Sacramento Municipal Utility District -- must brace for a changed future. So must farmers, fishermen, ski resorts and anyone whose livelihood relies on climate patterns of the past.
In the Legislature, there are encouraging signs of adjustment. Republican lawmakers who voted last year against
Everything must be on the table, as long as all parties recognize the obvious: Global warming is real. #
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/150825.html
Editorial: A little goes a long way
THE debate over global warming rages on. It's either "the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people" (Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.) or "Our house is burning down and we are blind to it" (French President Jacques Chirac).
But at the same time that the global warming argument rages at lofty scientific and political levels, we are experiencing our own climate problems down here at street level.
Southern California finds itself in the midst of a drought, one that extends to the east and west slopes of the Sierra and into the
Consider:
The water content in the Sierra snowpack is at its lowest level in two decades, meaning that water supplies to cities and farms could be affected if conditions persist.
The
As a result, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing for a ballot measure in 2008 that would allocate $4.5 billion in bonds for new water storage in the state.
It has been the driest winter in the
If that's not enough, JPL researchers have determined that temperatures in
If these conditions continue for one or two more decades, the situation could become dire. While prolonged droughts haven't occurred in hundreds of years, there is no guarantee it won't happen again. Mother Nature is adept at throwing curve balls.
It isn't too soon to begin practicing conservation on a personal level. It won't hurt. And it will help.
Here are some tips from conservation specialists:
Install aerators in your faucets, use high pressure showers and ultra low-flush toilets throughout your home.
Water your lawns early in the morning before sunrise or in the evenings after sunset. This will maximize water absorption into the soil and minimize loss due to evaporation.
Take short showers. Draw less water for baths. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving. Check for and fix "silent" leaks in toilets or plumbing fixtures.
Support local businesses that practice conservation. For example, commercial car washes that recycle their water; businesses that use recycled water in fountains; restaurants that serve water only on request; and hotels that give you the option of using your linens for a second night's stay.
Live like we reside on the edge of a desert - because, after all, we do. #
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DELTA ISSUES:
Guest Column: As Sacramento fiddles, the wells run dry
By Tony Fellow, chair of the Department of Communications at California State University, Fullerton, vice chair of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and director on the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District in El Monte
When the wells run dry, we know the cost of water," the little ditty goes. Southern Californians may soon know just how expensive its liquid gold is, thanks to
A colossal bureaucratic snafu in the state's capital may shut down a major artery supplying water to 25 million Californians within 60 days. Its impact could all but cripple
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch last week ordered the state to shut down the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant, west of
Watershed Enforcers, a group of sport fishermen who have had it with the plant's enormous pumps sucking in and killing salmon and other fish, initiated the action against the DWR. The state agency was caught off guard - or just arrogant - not realizing it needed permits from the state's Fish and Game Commission that would allow it to kill spring and winter runs of the endangered species. DWR's response? "We believe we are in compliance with the law," DWR Deputy Nancy Saracino told State Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Chairman Darrell Steinberg. That attitude should go over well with the judge!
The sport fishermen say that the DWR has not satisfied the mandatory requirement found in the California Endangered Species Act allowing it to take species of winter-run Chinook salmon, spring- run Chinook salmon and Delta smelt.
A lot is at stake if the judge permanently pulls the plug on the plant, which shoots some 10,688 cubic feet per second of delta water through 11 pumps into the 444-mile State Water Project aqueduct that supplies water for millions of Californians and 750,000 acres of farmlands.
The prospect of shutting down a major artery of
Debra Man, MWD's chief operation officer, underscored the gravity of the situation, which includes potential water shortages, putting
The mammoth water agency is also prepared to store as much water as it can get in local groundwater basins. But wait a minute, that brings up another problem. In the
Judge Roesch's decision also may be a blessing in disguise as the governor begins a whirlwind tour of
The judge's actions also should be a wake-up call to California legislators who need to get their act together and come up with one comprehensive bill to solve California's water problems and begin serious discussions about California's future and her ability to sustain a growing population with dwindling natural resources. State Sen. Shelia Kuehl, by far the brightest of
In "The Tragedy of King Richard the Third," William Shakespeare writes, "The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can support a boat or overturn it." We may see the power of water if its rulers don't begin to steer
Tony Fellow, chair of the Department of Communications at California State University, Fullerton, is vice chair of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and director on the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District in El Monte
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_5612010
DELTA SUPPLY ISSUES:
Farmers in Delta running short on water
By Reed Fujii, staff writer
UNION ISLAND - Spring arrived just a couple of weeks ago, but farmers on Union and Roberts islands in the south San Joaquin Delta say their water supplies already are running out.
With low water flows and the giant federal and state water systems sucking water out of other areas of the Delta to ship to cities and farms farther south, some irrigation pumps along the south end of
Government officials said temporary in-stream barriers should help address the problem, but won't be completed until later this month.
In the meantime, however, farmers will have to cope.
"Guys are having problems," said Dino Del Carlo. "Like myself, when it's low tide, we don't have any water to pump anymore.
"We're going to start planting tomatoes next week and you're really going to have a big problem if you run out of water to irrigate those things," said Del Carlo, who also cultivates alfalfa, asparagus and grain crops in the area.
Standing on the
"We used to be concerned about the quality. Right now the quality has become secondary. All we want is something wet," said Salmon, who grows winegrapes, walnuts and field crops in the area.
His own irrigation operations must be put on hold four to five hours a day and it's even worse for others. Salmon said his son, who raises grapes along another stretch of the river, can irrigate for only three to four hours per day.
John Herrick, a
However, he blamed pumps feeding the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project for pulling down water levels throughout the south Delta.
"Every year we have things like this," Herrick said. "This is common and it adversely affects every diverter who pulls water out."
The California Department of Water Resources is now constructing three in-stream barriers that help maintain south Delta water levels sufficient for irrigation, a state official said.
One is due for completion early next week and the other two should be done by April 22, said Mark Holderman, chief of DWR's temporary barriers program.
"The combination of those barriers helps boost water levels in the south Delta and that should help the farmers," he said.
"The problem is we have permits that don't allow us to get started on them until the first of April, so we can't get them in any sooner," Holderman said. "Normally that isn't a problem, but this has been a pretty dry year and so the farmers are wanting to irrigate now."
That should be good news for Joe Ratto, a farmer whose pump near the
"If they put the barriers in, we should have water," he said. "I don't know about quality, but we'll have water."
Herrick also pointed a finger at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the CVP water exports, saying the agency recently increased its pumping rate despite low-water conditions in the Delta.
"The bureau doesn't care," he said.
The agency is concerned about potential negative impacts from its operations, spokesman Jeff McCracken countered.
"We certainly don't like to see other people impacted by our operations. That's what the barriers are for," he said. "Hopefully these folks can get through the next week or so until the state can get those barriers in place and so everybody can get on doing what they been doing for the last 60 years."
He acknowledged the bureau had recently increased its Delta water exports to about 3,500 cubic feet per second (about 26,189 gallons per second).
That amount, however, still fails to meet demands of CVP water users and the bureau is currently drawing water from San Luis Reservoir to make up the difference, he said. The federal pumps also remain below full capacity of 4,600 cubic feet per second (35,880 gallons per second).
That's the rate the agency normally runs in the spring. When
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WESTERN WATER:
Five options on tap in case water dries up ; Southern Nevada favors the plan that involves a mix of banking and credits
Las Vegas
By Emily Green, staff writer
The same day that environmentalists attacked a bill in the Nevada Legislature to limit public access to water appropriation decisions, the people who control the floodgates of the Southwestern dam system milled around the Sierra Room of the Henderson Convention Center, waiting for a concerned public to arrive. Six people finally did.
So for most of Tuesday evening, Bureau of Reclamation water masters were their own audience, discussing the most pressing question before Las Vegans: How will a region that feels cheated by its present quota of Colorado River water cope if persistent drought makes the current allotment of 300,000 acre-feet a year seem like the days of plenty?
There's water for now, but cutbacks could occur within five years, if bathtub rings forming around
The bureau did not bring answers about dealing with shortages but offered a thick bundle of suggestions. Five scenarios dominate the Interior Department's newly issued environmental impact statement. The six people who showed up Tuesday night got a CliffsNotes version, because the original document - with its hundreds of pages, graphs, matrixes and mind-numbing acronyms - is as thick as a Bible and as readily comprehensible as the original Greek.
The option favored by the Southern Nevada Water Authority and Colorado River Commission involves a sophisticated mix of water banking and credits - building reservoirs to capture water before it flows to
It assumes aggressive conservation, says George Caan, executive director of
Two of the five options seem to have been expressly included for their value in cutting. The first: "The No Action" alternative stipulates no change in policy, which sounds resigned until you hear about the "Water Supply Alternative." It calls for such concerted inaction that it would keep water flowing even if Hoover Dam ran dry and
The alternative with the consensus and political muscle is the aforementioned Basin States Alternative. Provided the draft study on tour with Bureau of Reclamation officials returns unscathed, some version of it looks likely to be the option that will go to the Interior Department early next year.
Certainly there was no resistance expressed Tuesday night. #
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2007/apr/05/566667918.html?water
GROUNDWATER:
By Katy Brandenburg, staff writer
When Brian Moss, director of
"What is the gold in
Many know the answer and shout out, "Water!"
Geographic Information System technology has enabled the county since 2000 to track and identify groundwater sources, and possible threats to it, as part of the Local Agency Groundwater Protection Program. Using data already gathered since 1994 — plus latitude, longitude and topographical mapping — GIS and computer design software create a visual representation of the county's geology, including the location of public and private wells, septic tanks, mine sites, dump sites, underground storage tanks (usually gas stations) and underground water sources.
"We're building a database, that's the key," Moss said. "That's what makes GIS the wonderful tool that it is."
The majority of the groundwater protection program is funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The county has mapped 1,900 wells within three to five feet of the exact location. Records from the state Department of Water Resources listed 4,500 more well locations, but without the same degree of accuracy.
For example, prior to 1999, the
GIS maps of the area revealed a geologic formation of limestone and dolomite rock, which allowed water from flooded streams to trickle straight through cracks into the groundwater without being naturally filtered first, as usually happens with denser types of rock and soil.
Another small public well in Mountain Ranch had the same seasonal problem, Moss said. Both well owners worked with the Department of Environmental Health to run the water through an extra filtration system to make sure people were not being exposed to the bacteria. The department recommends but does not require owners of private wells to conduct water quality tests at least once a year.
The limestone area in Mountain Ranch only covers a limited area west of the town, Moss said. Well owners in that area would want to do their yearly test in the winter or rainy season.
Other areas of the county are affected by minerals or metals, such as
Using the GIS data, the department can calculate the potential depth and yield of a new well and choose a good location by looking at maps of the surrounding area. The goal is to continue building a database that will eventually encompass all potential and known groundwater sources in the entire county — and can be used for planning future developments and extending water service to areas that need it.
"The more data we have, the more accurate we can be as far as water availability and quality," Moss said. "Sometimes the state even asks us for information." #
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SIERRA SNOWPACK:
Lean snowpack could impact rafting; Lower water content may shorten season for some river activities
Auburn Journal – 4/9/07
By Jenna Nielsen, staff writer
The water content in the Sierra snowpack is at its lowest level in nearly two decades, leading to the concern of a possible shortened season for whitewater rafters and other water-sports enthusiasts.
The latest measurements were taken last week near
The water content in the snowpack along the 400-mile-long range averaged 46 percent of normal - the lowest level since 1990, when it was 40 percent of normal.
"If you start putting dry winters together, you deplete the reservoirs," department spokesman Don Strickland said. "We're hoping we don't run into that."
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District controls the flow of water from dams into the Middle Fork and South Fork of the
The SMUD board of directors approved a relicensing settlement agreement for the Upper American River Project and Chili Bar Hydroelectric Project (South Fork) in January.
The agreement will allow for water releases six days a week into the South Fork and seven days a week into the Middle Fork.
In June, water will flow to the South Fork every day except Wednesday and in July and August, every day except Monday.
Nate Rangel, owner of the Coloma-based Adventure Connection and president of the California Outdoor Rafting Association, said the low-levels will affect the flow of water into the
Water flows this spring are expected to be below last year's levels, Rangel said. The flows should be closer to normal, at roughly 1,500 cubic feet per second.
State hydrologists had hoped for a wetter March to boost the snowpack. March storms typically add about 10 percent to 15 percent more snow in the Sierra.
"The melt is as hard to predict as the weather," Center said. "But from my experience, the water was about three times higher last year than it is this year."
Center said he expects the
"There won't be much in May at all, either," he said. "Of course, all bets are off if it rains or snows, but if people want to get out there and boat, they want to do it by the beginning of May."
Not everyone thinks the low water content will affect rafters and water enthusiasts this summer.
"The Middle and South forks are sometimes choppy and unpredictable when it comes to water release, but I think we can pretty much rely on water every day," said John Hauschild, owner of Canyon Raft Rentals in Auburn. "An ideal water flow level for rafting (on the
In addition, about a quarter of the state's power comes from hydroelectric plants that rely on heavy mountain runoff during the spring and summer months.
Each year, state researchers conduct five monthly snow surveys from January to May, measuring the snow at 382 stations. The snow depth last week at Phillips Station south of
Electronic sensors showed that the snow's water content was higher in the northern Sierra, where it was 52 percent of normal. The water content was 48 percent of normal in the central Sierra and 38 percent in the southern section of the range.
Wild swings in annual precipitation are common to
And Hauschild is staying positive about the whitewater season just ahead. "The low water content might actually be a good thing," he said. "Last year it was so high that people were scared to come out, but it's always fun for me - I love the big water." #
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