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Northern Sierra Nevada Sees Wettest Fall In 30 Years

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Joseph Serna

California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, home to some of the state’s largest reservoirs, had the wettest first two months of the water year since 1984, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Between October and November, the eight measuring stations along the northern range received an average of 18 inches of precipitation, or about 200% above average for the first two months of the state’s water year, said meteorologist Eric Kurth of the National Weather Service in Sacramento.

 

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Concerns Raised Over California’s Plan To Provide More Water For Fish

/in /by /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by Amy Quinton

Farmers and rural residents told California regulators they’re concerned about a proposal to increase water flows in the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to protect threatened fish. Native fish populations in the system have been declining for decades.The river system is part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which provides water to Central Valley farms and millions of Californians. Regulators say currently up to 70 percent of the water is diverted. J.D. Richey, a Delta fishing guide, says his industry is collapsing.

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BLOG: California Case Could Set National Precedent on Indian Water Rights

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt Weiser

In Palm Springs, one of the hottest regions in California, precious groundwater has been depleted for decades to build lush golf courses, swimming pools and tract homes. Now the local American Indian tribe is pressing for a right to help manage that water.The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, which owns two casinos in the popular desert tourism region, has been buying water for decades from the two government water agencies that manage local groundwater, the Desert Water Agency and the Coachella Valley Water District.

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Marin County Reservoirs Filling Rapidly, Two Already Spilling Over

/in /by /SFGate (San Francisco)by Amy Graff

Marin Country reservoirs are rising with multiple storms arriving early in the rainy season. Two are already spilling over and funneling water into creeks and streams. “So far this year we have received more than 17 inches of rainfall at Lake Lagunitas – we’re off to a great start with 78 percent of capacity at our seven reservoirs,” Lon Peterson, a spokesperson for the Marin Municipal Water District said.  At this time last year, the reservoirs were at 65 percent, the average storage for late November.

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Thanks To Heavy Rains, State May Increase Water Delivery Allocations

/in /by /The Associated Press as Published by Los Angeles Times

Dozens of water agencies in drought-weary California may receive only 20% of their requested deliveries in 2017, state officials said Monday. But the Department of Water Resources’ initial allocation forecast is double what was announced a year ago. Officials said winter storms in coming months may boost the first 2017 allocation, but they point out that California’s deep drought lingers. Initial allocations almost always change. This year’s 10% allocation ultimately gave way to a 60% allotment.

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Who Likes State’s Plan To Keep More Water For Fish In California Rivers? Practically Nobody

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler

California regulators say their sweeping proposal to devote more flows from the state’s major rivers to fish and wildlife is an attempt to balance competing interests for a scarce resource. So far, all they’ve done is get practically everyone mad at them. Opponents of the plan came out in force Tuesday, in the first of a series of hearings before the State Water Resources Control Board on the future of the San Joaquin River and its tributaries.

 

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BLOG: California Case Could Set National Precedent on Indian Water Rights

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt Weiser

In Palm Springs, one of the hottest regions in California, precious groundwater has been depleted for decades to build lush golf courses, swimming pools and tract homes. Now the local American Indian tribe is pressing for a right to help manage that water. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, which owns two casinos in the popular desert tourism region, has been buying water for decades from the two government water agencies that manage local groundwater, the Desert Water Agency and the Coachella Valley Water District.

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Lindo Lake Getting A Closer Look By County, Community

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen Pearlman

Hoping to push along a healthy future for one of Lakeside’s most scenic places, residents and members of a Lindo Lake committee met last month with staff of the county Department of Parks and Recreation to talk about a proposed multimillion-dollar improvement plan. The county has been taking community input for the past year about Lindo Lake Park’s biggest needs.

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California Tallies Snow, Rain From Weekend Storms

/in /by /The Associated Press as published by AP Newsby John Antczak

California had vital snow on Sierra Nevada peaks Monday and positive rainfall totals registered for many areas after a stormy autumn weekend up and down the state that hopes to avoid a sixth consecutive year of drought conditions. In the Sierra, where the annual snowpack functions as a reservoir for much of the state’s water supply, storms over Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks dumped 19 inches of snow at Lodgepole and 16 inches at Grant Grove, the National Weather Service said.

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California Drought: State Initially Estimates 20% Of Full Water Deliveries

/in /by /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James

California’s Department of Water Resources has made its initial projection of how much water public agencies can count on receiving from the canals and pipelines of the State Water Project next year: 20 percent of their full allotments. The state’s preliminary annual estimate for the major north-to-south water artery is typically readjusted depending on rain and snowfall, and the percentage often ends up higher at the end of the winter. This year, the state initially projected 10 percent and water districts eventually received 60 percent of their full allotments.

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