Lake Oroville, One of California’s Largest Water Reservoirs, is Full for the 2nd Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, Lake Oroville, one of California’s largest reservoirs, is at full capacity.
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California’s Wild Weather Continues, With Snowiest Day of the Year Recorded in May
A rare late season storm dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on some regions of Northern California over the weekend, breaking at least one daily snowfall record.
Jennifer Pierre Wants More Water
Despite this year’s deep snowpack, record-setting rainstorms and consequently full reservoirs, the 27 water agencies she represents as general manager of the State Water Contractors are getting just 40 percent of their contracted deliveries, as we reported earlier this week.
Sierra Nevada Records Snowiest Day of the Season From Brief but Potent California Storm
A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.
The wet weather system had mostly moved out of the state by Sunday morning, but officials warned that roads would remain slick after around two feet (60 centimeters) of snow fell in some areas of the Sierra.
US Officials Find Weak Security Practices at Water Plants Breached By Pro-Russia Hackers
Pro-Russia hackers have exploited shoddy security practices at multiple US water plants in recent cyberattacks that have hit a wider swathe of victims than was previously documented, according to an advisory by US federal agencies obtained by CNN.
America May Have Just Found More Drinking Water
There may be more drinking water waiting to be found in the Western U.S., a new computer model suggests.
The new model uses artificial intelligence (AI) to get better estimations of water supply across large distances in the West. Details on the computer model and its findings were published in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence by researchers at Washington State University.
‘Innovation is the Cornerstone’ of the California Water Plan
Governor Gavin Newsom, with the support of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and other state agencies, signed into effect new developments for the California Water Plan which details water conservation efforts for the next five years.
Newsom said that the state has invested $9 billion in the last three years, and that “I want folks to know that we are not just victims of fate, that we recognize the world we’re living in.”
How A ‘Death Trap’ For Fish In California’s Water System Is Limiting The Pumping Of Supplies
Giant pumps hum inside a warehouse-like building, pushing water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta into the California Aqueduct, where it travels more than 400 miles south to the taps of over half the state’s population.
But lately the powerful motors at the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant have been running at reduced capacity, despite a second year of drought-busting snow and rain.
The reason: So many threatened fish have died at the plant’s intake reservoir and pumps that it has triggered federal protections and forced the state to pump less water.
Why No One Won in This Year’s Water Wars
EVERY DROP COUNTS: California had (is still having, amazingly) a really good water year. But all the rain and snow is doing almost nothing to lubricate the state’s perpetual conflicts between fish and farms.
California May Have to Release Water From Reservoirs
Alate season winter storm bringing up to 24 inches of snow to the Sierra Nevada mountains this weekend could prompt California water officials to release water from some of the state’s reservoirs for flood prevention.
