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Drought Likely to Persist as Forecasters Expect ‘La Niña’ to Linger Through Most of Winter

/in , /by /Northern California Public Mediaby Marc Albert

Water supplies are dipping and the outlook for the coming rainy season is iffy at best. That’s the main takeaways from Thursday’s online drought town hall held by Sonoma County.

Officials say Lake Sonoma stands at forty-four percent capacity.
Brian Garcia, with the National Weather Service, said precipitation dropped by last month’s early storm has mostly evaporated.
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Sebastopol Relents in Battle Over High Tech Water Meters

/in , , /by /Northern California Public Mediaby Marc Albert

Concerns about grave health impacts from exposure to radio waves has prompted one Sonoma County city to back off, up to a point.

The Sebastopol city council unanimously approved a measure last week allowing residential customers to keep their old water meters, if they insist.
Like other cities and towns around California, Sebastopol has been preparing to roll out new, digital water meters. Supposedly more accurate, the new ones have a big advantage for a utilities: they no longer have to pay meter readers.
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