Drought

Shasta release plan to balance needs of fish and agriculture

New Restrictions Anticipated for Pacific Salmon Fishing

Officials from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently briefed members of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) on this year’s Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan (SRTMP). This year’s temperature management plan points to a release schedule from Lake Shasta that is …

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DWP says Silver Lake Reservoir to be refilled next spring

Silver Lake Reservoir to be refilled next spring

Silver Lake residents heard good news from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) this week when DWP confirmed that the lake will be refilled probably sometime next spring. Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu got to the meat of the matter in his opening comments saying, “The most …

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Stanford scientists: ‘Water windfall’ under California’s Central Valley

Otay Water District joins controversial water project

The good news: According to study co-authors Robert Jackson, Stanford’s Michelle and Kevin Douglas provostial professor, and Mary Kang, postdoctoral associate at Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, California’s drought-plagued Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated. The bad news: Accessing this water in an …

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