BLOG: Time to Manage Reservoirs Differently

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

Some California reservoirs are releasing vast amounts of water even though the drought continues. This wouldn’t be necessary if water managers used new weather and streamflow forecasting tools, says Rob Hartman, hydrologist-in-charge of the California/Nevada River Forecast Center

It might be difficult to believe, but California’s water-supply reservoirs are not managed according to the weather. In the midst of the state’s ongoing drought, reservoirs in recent weeks have been releasing huge quantities of water, as seen recently at Folsom Reservoir on the American River near Sacramento.
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