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Low Numbers of Baby Salmon Portend Disaster for Endangered California Fish
Alarmingly low numbers of baby salmon are surviving their journey down the Sacramento River to the sea, confirming conservationists’ fears that low flows and high river temperatures during the drought would wipe out most of the endangered winter-run salmon born last year.
California Reservoirs Continue to Rise After Major Winter Storms
California has seen big changes in reservoir levels so far this rainy season and the trend is up for the foreseeable future.
At the beginning of the water year for 2020-2021, some major reservoirs, such as Lake Oroville, were at record lows. California’s well-known reliance on water capture and transport was under severe strain until a record October storm provided quick relief.
Snow Pack Measurement Reveals We’re Far From Drought Recovery, According to CDWR
The California Department of Water Resources conducted the first Phillips Station snow survey of the season on Thursday, Dec 30 after the basin received over 200 inches of snow, and will potentially see more in the coming week.
Improved North Bay Reservoir Levels a Hopeful Sign for 2022
Winter rains have bolstered water storage in the region’s two key public reservoirs, reversing months of decline and starting off 2022 with hopes for a less-uncertain year ahead.
A lot depends on how the remainder of the rainy season shakes out. After rain this week, the forecast calls for dry weather later this month, followed by months in which the North Coast stands an equal chance of above-normal and below-normal precipitation under La Niña atmospheric conditions.
Marin Utility Considers Delaying Water Pipeline Project
With its reservoirs nearly refilled, the Marin Municipal Water District is considering delaying a proposed $100 million project to build an emergency water pipeline across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
With Less Water on the Surface, How Long Can Arizona Rely on What’s Underground?
In Arizona, verdant fields of crops and a growing sprawl of suburban homes mean a sharp demand for water in the middle of the desert. Meeting that demand includes drawing from massive stores of water in underground aquifers. But some experts say they’re overtaxed, and shouldn’t be seen as a long-term solution for a region where the water supply is expected to shrink in the decades to come.
Anti-Government Conspiracies Create Another Challenge to Addressing Drought in the West
For more than a century, a system of government and legal agreements has largely resolved water disputes among those living in America’s most arid region of the country.
The methods of conflict resolution were at work in December when water bosses in California, Nevada and Arizona agreed to cut their use of Colorado River water to avoid penalties under a compact that divvies up the river among seven western states and Mexico.
State Grid of China Switches on World’s Largest Pumped-Hydro Station
The State Grid Corporation of China, which is China’s largest state-owned grid operator and power utility, has commissioned, last week, the 3.6GW Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station, a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in Hebei province.
The construction of the $1.87 billion project, which was implemented in two 1.8GW phases, was started by engineering company China Gezhouba Group Company Limited in 2014.
Precipitation Since Oct. 1 Tops Previous Full ‘Water Year’ in California
More precipitation has fallen on California during its current “water year” than in the full prior 12-month span, the National Weather Service says.
The downpours and mountain storms of recent weeks have helped boost the state’s precipitation volume to 33.9 trillion gallons thus far for the water year that began Oct. 1, compared to the previous water year’s 33.6 trillion gallons, the service said Sunday. Lake Tahoe by comparison contains roughly 40 trillion gallons.
