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The updated standards are weak, and the regulation includes semi-truck sized loopholes that make it too easy for water suppliers to shirk their obligation to use water more efficiently.’[/pullquote]“It’s really looking like this is a ‘do nothing’ regulation,” said \u003ca href=\"https://healthebay.org/staff/tracy-quinn/\">Tracy Quinn\u003c/a>, CEO and president of Heal the Bay, a Los Angeles County environmental group. “The updated standards are weak, and the regulation includes semi-truck sized loopholes that make it too easy for water suppliers to shirk their obligation to use water more efficiently.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mandated by a package of laws enacted in 2018, the rules from the State Water Resources Control Board aim to make “\u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/Make-Water-Conservation-A-California-Way-of-Life/Files/PDFs/Final-WCL-Primer.pdf?la=en&hash=B442FD7A34349FA91DA5CDEFC47134EA38ABF209\">water conservation a California way of life (PDF)\u003c/a>” by mandating cuts in water use among more than 400 cities and water agencies that supply the vast majority of Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulation won’t set mandatory conservation targets for individuals. Instead, it creates water budgets for cities and districts, which would meet them through rebates, new rate structures and other efforts to cut their customers’ use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislative Analyst’s Office, in a January report, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-new-water-conservation-rules-analyst-report/\">heavily criticized the original rules,\u003c/a> saying they would set “such stringent standards for outdoor use that suppliers will not have much ‘wiggle room’ in complying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warning that the costs may outweigh the benefits, the analysts recommended relaxing several of the requirements, such as the residential outdoor standard, and extending deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s new revisions delay the start date for enforcing compliance with the water budgets by two years, until 2027 \u003cstrong>— \u003c/strong>largely because the water board is behind schedule in adopting the regulation, its executive director, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/about_us/board_members/leadership.html\">Eric Oppenheimer\u003c/a>, said. Water suppliers are also granted an extra five years, until 2035, to meet targets ramping down outdoor water use and are given until 2040 for reductions originally planned for 2035.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest version would conserve about 520,000 acre-feet of water a year starting in 2040, according to the water board’s estimates. That’s 170,000 acre-feet less than the previous version,\u003cem> \u003c/em>enough to serve more than half a million households for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Water-Resilience/CA-Water-Supply-Strategy.pdf\">at least 500,000 acre-feet in annual conservation by 2030 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the rules are finalized, each water supplier must meet individualized conservation goals, calculated from a complex formula based on standards for indoor and outdoor residential water use and certain commercial landscapes, as well as losses like leaks. Other variables, such as the presence of livestock in a region or the availability of recycled water, can factor into the calculation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water board said it would vote on the updated plan in July, following public comment, and it would take effect at the beginning of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, 63 water suppliers, serving about 9% of the population where household incomes are below the state median, will be required to cut water use by more than 20%. Under the revisions, they could cut use by only 1% per year and still be deemed in compliance, provided they meet other requirements. Another 19 suppliers in wealthier regions facing cuts of 30% or more could cut use by only 2% per year and still comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Eric Oppenheimer, director, State Water Resources Control Board\"]‘You still have to meet your objective, whatever that may be. But you get more time to get there — in some cases, substantially more time.’[/pullquote]“You still have to meet your objective, whatever that may be. 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The costs come largely because cities and agencies would offer rebates and rate cuts to those who conserve. The benefits were estimated to reach about $15.6 billion, largely because suppliers and customers will buy less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists say the delays belie the urgency of preparing for the next inevitable drought and will force more drastic changes to landscapes when emergency conservation measures are needed once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we aren’t taking steps as quickly as possible to invest in more climate resilient landscapes that will be able to survive those future droughts is unthinkable. 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But you get more time to get there — in some cases, substantially more time,” Oppenheimer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would mean that if your ultimate compliance target was 30%, you’d have 30 years to get there,” compared to approximately 15 years under the old version, Oppenheimer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water suppliers welcomed the extended deadlines because they would have more time to coax customers with rebates and other programs to make lasting changes to irrigated landscapes without harming shade trees and disadvantaged communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes will allow “urban retail water suppliers to thoughtfully and cost-effectively implement programs,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.acwa.com/about/leadership-staff/\">Chelsea Haines\u003c/a> of the Association of California Water Agencies, which represents more than 450 public agencies. “I hope that we see this additional time not as a delay but as an opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11971872,news_11969648,news_11977573"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The water board does not have an updated cost estimate for the revised rules to compare to the $13.5 billion estimate for the old version. The costs come largely because cities and agencies would offer rebates and rate cuts to those who conserve. The benefits were estimated to reach about $15.6 billion, largely because suppliers and customers will buy less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists say the delays belie the urgency of preparing for the next inevitable drought and will force more drastic changes to landscapes when emergency conservation measures are needed once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we aren’t taking steps as quickly as possible to invest in more climate resilient landscapes that will be able to survive those future droughts is unthinkable. Quite frankly, it’s reckless,” Quinn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/meet-our-staff-heather-cooley/\">Heather Cooley\u003c/a>, director of research for the Pacific Institute, said conservation is cheaper than developing new supplies through desalination or recycling — a burden that customers would eventually bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By weakening the standard, we’re making water more expensive,” Cooley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘By weakening the standard, we’re making water more expensive.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Heather Cooley, director of research, Pacific Institute","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Under a previous version of the rules, about 18% of suppliers — serving about a quarter of the state’s population — wouldn’t have to reduce their customers’ use to meet the 2035 standards, according to the board’s estimates last September. Now, under the new version, 37% of suppliers — serving 42% of the state’s population — wouldn’t have to change their water use by 2035. And by 2040, 31% could still maintain their status quo, according to water board data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if they were concerned about the reduced savings under the latest version, Oppenheimer said flexibility and feasibility are important.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think 500,000 acre-feet of saved project savings is a substantial amount,” he said. “More is always better, but that needs to be balanced against providing enough flexibility to the water suppliers and the feasibility of meeting those standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11979392/california-weakens-plan-for-mandatory-cutbacks-in-urban-water-use","authors":["byline_news_11979392"],"categories":["news_31795","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_20023","news_17996","news_3187","news_483"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11979393","label":"news_18481"},"news_11977573":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11977573","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11977573","score":null,"sort":[1709244024000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-urban-runoff-flows-down-the-drain-can-the-drought-plagued-state-capture-more-of-it","title":"Capturing Storm Runoff Could Supply Water to Millions of Californians a Year, Study Finds","publishDate":1709244024,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Capturing Storm Runoff Could Supply Water to Millions of Californians a Year, Study Finds | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California fails to capture massive amounts of stormwater rushing off city streets and surfaces that could help supply water for millions of people a year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/publication/united-states-urban-stormwater-runoff-potential/\">a new analysis \u003c/a>released today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nationwide report, by researchers with the Pacific Institute, ranks California ninth among states with the most estimated urban runoff. Rainwater flows off streets and yards into storm drains that eventually empty into waterways and the ocean — carrying pollutants picked up along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analysis found that California sheds\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>almost 2.3 million acre-feet of precipitation from pavements, roofs, sidewalks and other surfaces in cities and towns every year. If captured and treated, that would supply more than a quarter of \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/California-Water-Plan/Docs/Update2023/PRD/California-Water-Plan-Update-2023-Public-Review-Draft.pdf\">California’s urban water use (PDF)\u003c/a>, or almost 7 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.watereducation.org/western-water/water-stressed-california-and-southwest-acre-foot-water-goes-lot-further-it-used\">Southern California households\u003c/a> each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Heather Cooley, study co-author and director of research, Pacific Institute\"]‘What we’ve recognized, and are recognizing, is that stormwater is a resource that can be harnessed.’[/pullquote]Los Angeles came in first in the West and 19th nationwide among 2,645 urban areas for amounts of runoff. An average of about 490,000 acre-feet a year of rainfall flows off the pavement in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwp.com/sites/default/files/documents/LADWP_2020_UWMP_Web.pdf\">roughly the amount that the city of Los Angeles and some surrounding areas (PDF)\u003c/a> use in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve recognized, and are recognizing, is that stormwater is a resource that can be harnessed,” said \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/meet-our-staff-heather-cooley/\">Heather Cooley\u003c/a>, co-author of the study and director of research at the Pacific Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, former President Donald Trump and other Republican politicians and lawmakers have criticized California for “wasting” water that flows out to sea. At the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article285887976.html\">said a California congressman told him\u003c/a>, “‘No, we don’t have a drought. We have so much water you don’t know what to do.’ But they send it out to the Pacific. We’re not going to let them get away with that any longer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are many reasons why stormwater flows into the ocean: Capturing it \u003ca href=\"https://gispublic.waterboards.ca.gov/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/3073c5b98ecb4f76969e50b3e9065a79\">can be costly\u003c/a>, requiring elaborate construction projects to trap and clean up or hold massive volumes of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And cities like Los Angeles are intentionally designed to protect people from floods by funneling large volumes of stormwater into channels and then out to sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole area is designed with storm drains to capture all the flows so that people don’t get flooded, people’s property don’t get flooded,” said Adam Ariki, interim deputy director at Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. “We’re really trying to capture as much of it as possible. And with time, that number is going to go higher and higher and higher.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many cases, water containing oil, trash and other pollutants must be treated before it can percolate into aquifers pumped for drinking water. In others, lack of open space limits where runoff could be allowed to seep naturally into the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, in some controversial cases, particularly the Bay-Delta in Northern California, experts say stormwater must flow into rivers and the ocean to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-01/epa-comments-on-sept-2023-ca-swrcb-sac-delta-draft-staff-report-2024-01-19.pdf\">fish (PDF)\u003c/a> and other wildlife. Growers and others in the Central Valley criticize those flows and call for more reservoirs, saying the water is wasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, there’s just too much rain at once to capture all of it. “Some flows may need to be sacrificed or allowed to go to the ocean because you can only capture so much of it, especially like last year,” Ariki said. “That’s the challenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/z0qa0/18/\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water officials and experts agree that capturing more stormwater before it flows into drains is a top priority to help \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-water-solutions/\">boost California’s water supply\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County already collects about 200,000 acre-feet of runoff a year, including about 95% of the San Gabriel River’s flows — enough to fill about 100,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Last year, among the wettest in California, the county captured around 630,000 acre-feet of storm flows, Ariki said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pw.lacounty.gov/wrd/Reservoir/Reservoirs.pdf\">Fourteen dams capture flows off the mountains (PDF)\u003c/a> that are then slowly released into \u003ca href=\"https://pw.lacounty.gov/LACFCD/web/\">27 spreading grounds\u003c/a>, where they percolate into the ground to feed aquifers. However, capturing water from concrete rather than mountainsides can be more challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11971872,science_1983699,news_11969648\"]In most California cities, runoff flows into storm drains, not treatment plants. San Francisco, with its \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/our-systems/sewer-system/our-combined-sewer\">combined sewer system\u003c/a> that treats both stormwater and sewage, and Santa Monica, with its recently upgraded facilities for treating and injecting stormwater into the aquifer, are rare exceptions. Pollution of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccwrp.org/about/research-areas/stormwater-bmps/runoff-water-quality/\">ocean waters\u003c/a> can sicken people and disrupt ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely unsafe to swim in many locations for 72 hours after a rain event because of the pollution coming from our storm drain system,” said Tracy Quinn, president and \u003ca href=\"https://healthebay.org/about/\">CEO of Heal the Bay\u003c/a>, an environmental nonprofit that focuses on Santa Monica Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Los Angeles County voters approved \u003ca href=\"https://safecleanwaterla.org/about/faq/\">Measure W,\u003c/a> a property tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable surface, to generate about $300 million per year for stormwater capture projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists are calling on the program to replace more hardscapes with parks and usable greenspace by 2045 — a move that also could help communities, especially in highly urbanized cities, better weather the extreme heat and floods of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles is already working to \u003ca href=\"https://www.lacitysan.org/san/faces/home/portal/s-lsh-wwd/s-lsh-wwd-wp/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi-gs/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi-gs-bga?_adf.ctrl-state=byw1ri1t5_78&_afrLoop=25981605970620718#!\">funnel water off streets and into planted areas\u003c/a> as well as underground infiltration chambers and wells. And it has plans to ramp up the effort and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwp.com/community/construction-projects/other/stormwater-capture-parks-program\">expand stormwater capture beneath parks in the San Fernando Valley\u003c/a>, as well, said Art Castro, manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s watershed management group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look at the density of the city, we can no longer build spreading grounds that are roughly 150 acres big,” Castro said. “Parks are going to be the next big opportunity that we have, and if you think about it, parks are in almost every community, in every watershed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Researchers say if California could collect and treat more stormwater in cities, it could provide enough water to supply a quarter of the state’s urban population.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1709241534,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/z0qa0/18/"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1074},"headData":{"title":"Capturing Storm Runoff Could Supply Water to Millions of Californians a Year, Study Finds | KQED","description":"Researchers say if California could collect and treat more stormwater in cities, it could provide enough water to supply a quarter of the state’s urban population.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/\">Rachel Becker\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11977573/californias-urban-runoff-flows-down-the-drain-can-the-drought-plagued-state-capture-more-of-it","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California fails to capture massive amounts of stormwater rushing off city streets and surfaces that could help supply water for millions of people a year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/publication/united-states-urban-stormwater-runoff-potential/\">a new analysis \u003c/a>released today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nationwide report, by researchers with the Pacific Institute, ranks California ninth among states with the most estimated urban runoff. Rainwater flows off streets and yards into storm drains that eventually empty into waterways and the ocean — carrying pollutants picked up along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analysis found that California sheds\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>almost 2.3 million acre-feet of precipitation from pavements, roofs, sidewalks and other surfaces in cities and towns every year. If captured and treated, that would supply more than a quarter of \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/California-Water-Plan/Docs/Update2023/PRD/California-Water-Plan-Update-2023-Public-Review-Draft.pdf\">California’s urban water use (PDF)\u003c/a>, or almost 7 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.watereducation.org/western-water/water-stressed-california-and-southwest-acre-foot-water-goes-lot-further-it-used\">Southern California households\u003c/a> each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘What we’ve recognized, and are recognizing, is that stormwater is a resource that can be harnessed.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Heather Cooley, study co-author and director of research, Pacific Institute","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Los Angeles came in first in the West and 19th nationwide among 2,645 urban areas for amounts of runoff. An average of about 490,000 acre-feet a year of rainfall flows off the pavement in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwp.com/sites/default/files/documents/LADWP_2020_UWMP_Web.pdf\">roughly the amount that the city of Los Angeles and some surrounding areas (PDF)\u003c/a> use in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve recognized, and are recognizing, is that stormwater is a resource that can be harnessed,” said \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/meet-our-staff-heather-cooley/\">Heather Cooley\u003c/a>, co-author of the study and director of research at the Pacific Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, former President Donald Trump and other Republican politicians and lawmakers have criticized California for “wasting” water that flows out to sea. At the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article285887976.html\">said a California congressman told him\u003c/a>, “‘No, we don’t have a drought. We have so much water you don’t know what to do.’ But they send it out to the Pacific. We’re not going to let them get away with that any longer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are many reasons why stormwater flows into the ocean: Capturing it \u003ca href=\"https://gispublic.waterboards.ca.gov/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/3073c5b98ecb4f76969e50b3e9065a79\">can be costly\u003c/a>, requiring elaborate construction projects to trap and clean up or hold massive volumes of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And cities like Los Angeles are intentionally designed to protect people from floods by funneling large volumes of stormwater into channels and then out to sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole area is designed with storm drains to capture all the flows so that people don’t get flooded, people’s property don’t get flooded,” said Adam Ariki, interim deputy director at Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. “We’re really trying to capture as much of it as possible. And with time, that number is going to go higher and higher and higher.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many cases, water containing oil, trash and other pollutants must be treated before it can percolate into aquifers pumped for drinking water. In others, lack of open space limits where runoff could be allowed to seep naturally into the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, in some controversial cases, particularly the Bay-Delta in Northern California, experts say stormwater must flow into rivers and the ocean to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-01/epa-comments-on-sept-2023-ca-swrcb-sac-delta-draft-staff-report-2024-01-19.pdf\">fish (PDF)\u003c/a> and other wildlife. Growers and others in the Central Valley criticize those flows and call for more reservoirs, saying the water is wasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, there’s just too much rain at once to capture all of it. “Some flows may need to be sacrificed or allowed to go to the ocean because you can only capture so much of it, especially like last year,” Ariki said. “That’s the challenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/z0qa0/18/\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water officials and experts agree that capturing more stormwater before it flows into drains is a top priority to help \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-water-solutions/\">boost California’s water supply\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County already collects about 200,000 acre-feet of runoff a year, including about 95% of the San Gabriel River’s flows — enough to fill about 100,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Last year, among the wettest in California, the county captured around 630,000 acre-feet of storm flows, Ariki said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pw.lacounty.gov/wrd/Reservoir/Reservoirs.pdf\">Fourteen dams capture flows off the mountains (PDF)\u003c/a> that are then slowly released into \u003ca href=\"https://pw.lacounty.gov/LACFCD/web/\">27 spreading grounds\u003c/a>, where they percolate into the ground to feed aquifers. However, capturing water from concrete rather than mountainsides can be more challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11971872,science_1983699,news_11969648"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In most California cities, runoff flows into storm drains, not treatment plants. San Francisco, with its \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/our-systems/sewer-system/our-combined-sewer\">combined sewer system\u003c/a> that treats both stormwater and sewage, and Santa Monica, with its recently upgraded facilities for treating and injecting stormwater into the aquifer, are rare exceptions. Pollution of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccwrp.org/about/research-areas/stormwater-bmps/runoff-water-quality/\">ocean waters\u003c/a> can sicken people and disrupt ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely unsafe to swim in many locations for 72 hours after a rain event because of the pollution coming from our storm drain system,” said Tracy Quinn, president and \u003ca href=\"https://healthebay.org/about/\">CEO of Heal the Bay\u003c/a>, an environmental nonprofit that focuses on Santa Monica Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Los Angeles County voters approved \u003ca href=\"https://safecleanwaterla.org/about/faq/\">Measure W,\u003c/a> a property tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable surface, to generate about $300 million per year for stormwater capture projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists are calling on the program to replace more hardscapes with parks and usable greenspace by 2045 — a move that also could help communities, especially in highly urbanized cities, better weather the extreme heat and floods of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles is already working to \u003ca href=\"https://www.lacitysan.org/san/faces/home/portal/s-lsh-wwd/s-lsh-wwd-wp/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi-gs/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi-gs-bga?_adf.ctrl-state=byw1ri1t5_78&_afrLoop=25981605970620718#!\">funnel water off streets and into planted areas\u003c/a> as well as underground infiltration chambers and wells. And it has plans to ramp up the effort and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwp.com/community/construction-projects/other/stormwater-capture-parks-program\">expand stormwater capture beneath parks in the San Fernando Valley\u003c/a>, as well, said Art Castro, manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s watershed management group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look at the density of the city, we can no longer build spreading grounds that are roughly 150 acres big,” Castro said. “Parks are going to be the next big opportunity that we have, and if you think about it, parks are in almost every community, in every watershed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11977573/californias-urban-runoff-flows-down-the-drain-can-the-drought-plagued-state-capture-more-of-it","authors":["byline_news_11977573"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_18538","news_17601","news_27626","news_3187","news_483"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11977578","label":"news_18481"},"news_11973512":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11973512","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11973512","score":null,"sort":[1706126439000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"alarming-study-reveals-californias-rapidly-declining-groundwater-basins","title":"Alarming Study Reveals California's Rapidly Declining Groundwater Basins","publishDate":1706126439,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Alarming Study Reveals California’s Rapidly Declining Groundwater Basins | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>In a sign of the ongoing threats to its precious groundwater stores, half a dozen regions in California rank among the world’s most rapidly declining aquifers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8\">according to research published on Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, lack of local water drives migration, poverty, starvation and violence — while in California, it drives \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">decades-long regulatory battles\u003c/a> over how to stop over-pumping by growers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquifers in Spain, Iran, China and Chile top the list of the 100 most rapidly dropping groundwater levels. \u003ca href=\"https://legal-planet.org/2023/09/18/why-is-there-a-carrot-boycott-in-cuyama-valley/\">California’s Cuyama Valley\u003c/a>, north of Santa Barbara, ranked 34th worldwide. Its underground basin has been dropping almost 5 feet a year, and residents, farmers and even the school district are locked in a court battle with carrot growers who \u003ca href=\"https://legal-planet.org/2023/09/18/why-is-there-a-carrot-boycott-in-cuyama-valley/\">sued them over groundwater rights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four other basins in the San Joaquin Valley and one in northeastern San Diego also netted spots in the top 100, with water levels falling up to almost four feet a year, according to the study, which was led by University of California and Swiss researchers and published in the journal \u003cem>Nature\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only two other basins in the United States made the top 100: Gila Bend near Phoenix and Mill Creek in Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Scott Jasechko, study co-author and associate professor of hydrology, water resources and groundwater, UC Santa Barbara\"]‘Some of the rates of groundwater level decline occurring in California really are some of the highest in the world. It’s a sobering finding. We’ve got a lot of work to do here in California.’[/pullquote]“Some of the rates of groundwater level decline occurring in California really are some of the highest in the world,” said \u003ca href=\"https://bren.ucsb.edu/people/scott-jasechko\">Scott Jasechko\u003c/a>, a co-author of the study and an associate professor of hydrology, water resources and groundwater at UC Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a sobering finding,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research revealed that rapidly declining groundwater basins are virtually nonexistent in places without farming. Heavily farmed regions in drier climates, such as the San Joaquin Valley, Iran and parts of India, are especially hard hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plummeting groundwater levels \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">can cause drinking water wells to go dry\u003c/a>. Streams \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/klamath-basin-tribes-ranchers-water-salmon/\">can dwindle and disappear,\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/10/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater/\">desiccated earth can sink and collapse\u003c/a> — shrinking the storage capacity of aquifers and damaging roads, buildings, levees and other structures above ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://mydrywatersupply.water.ca.gov/report/publicpage\">thousands of wells have gone dry\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">years of drought and overpumping\u003c/a> — spreading from the San Joaquin Valley to the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">Sacramento Valley\u003c/a> during the most recent drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land in parts of the San Joaquin Valley has subsided so much that it has damaged the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Engineering-And-Construction/Subsidence\">California Aqueduct\u003c/a>, which carries river water to Southern California, forced at least \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2022/Jan-21/Friant-Kern-Canal-Groundbreaking\">$187 million of repairs on the Friant-Kern Canal\u003c/a>, and required \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-12/newsom-announces-funding-to-raise-corcoran-levee\">millions more to fortify a levee\u003c/a> around the sinking town of Corcoran to protect it from floodwaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers analyzed more than 170,000 groundwater wells in more than 40 countries\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>and reported “widespread acceleration in groundwater level deepening,” which they said “highlights an urgent need for more effective measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-map-groundwater-global.netlify.app/\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study provides a global database that backs up observations that have long worried water watchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The major contribution is to bring into much sharper focus this global problem of groundwater depletion and over-pumping,” said \u003ca href=\"https://lawr.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/fogg-graham\">Graham Fogg\u003c/a>, a professor emeritus of hydrogeology at UC Davis who was not involved with the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With groundwater, if it’s left unmanaged and unregulated, it’s going to be abused in many, many cases. And if that abuse goes on long enough, some basins will be exhausted of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violence over water is flaring around the globe. Water is a trigger, casualty and weapon in \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/announcement/violence-over-water-increases-globally-according-to-new-data-from-pacific-institute-water-conflict-chronology/\">hundreds of conflicts just over the past two years\u003c/a> — from Russian troops destroying a Ukrainian dam to \u003ca href=\"https://worldwater.org/conflict/list/\">cyberattacks on Israeli water infrastructure\u003c/a> and Israeli military forces seizing or destroying Palestinian water sources. Clashes over water safety and scarcity have led to injuries and deaths around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, water disputes roil the state, from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/klamath-basin-tribes-ranchers-water-salmon/\">the Scott and Shasta Rivers in the far north\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/\">the Bay-Delta\u003c/a> and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Joaquin Valley growers are still over-pumping\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ten years ago, alarmed by record declines in groundwater and thousands of dried-up wells, California lawmakers passed a law to stop overpumping. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act\u003c/a> requires local agencies to achieve sustainable groundwater use by 2040 for the most critically overdrafted basins and 2042 for basins considered less depleted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology, UC Davis\"]‘We’ve built a food supply system that relies in large part on irrigated agriculture, which in turn relies in many areas … on pumped groundwater. So that has to change.’[/pullquote]But wells have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">continued to go dry,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/california-s-groundwater-semi-annual-conditions-updates/resource/7a9f6a69-0f43-474c-b9a5-b8b6f3e5ed48\">groundwater depletion continues\u003c/a> with few protections in place. So far, California water officials deemed plans for six San Joaquin Valley basins \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/10/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater/\">inadequate and called for probation hearings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the Cuyama Valley, the \u003cem>Nature \u003c/em>paper’s top 100 includes the \u003ca href=\"https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/244\">White Wolf Basin in Kern County\u003c/a> (52nd), the \u003ca href=\"https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/370\">San Pasqual Valley\u003c/a> in northeastern San Diego (55th), the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/2003-Basin-Descriptions/5_022_05_ChowchillaSubbasin.pdf\">Chowchilla Basin (PDF)\u003c/a> straddling Merced and Madera counties (65th), the Northern Kern Basin (69th) and \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/2003-Basin-Descriptions/5_022_11_KaweahSubbasin.pdf\">the Kaweah Basin (PDF)\u003c/a> in Kings and Tulare counties (93rd).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jasechko and his colleagues set out to understand how groundwater depletion in California compared to other aquifers globally. It took them six years to scour the literature for water level measurements, download it from databases and request it from water managers around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than 540 aquifers, the researchers had enough data to compare groundwater levels over 40 years. Of those, about a third showed accelerating groundwater declines. Another 21% had increases in the 1980s and 1990s turned to losses over the past 23 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jasechko found some reasons for hope: 20% of aquifers saw groundwater declines slow down in the 21st century. Another 16% pivoted from groundwater decline to recovery, while 13% saw groundwater levels continue to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Long-term groundwater losses are neither universal nor inevitable,” the researchers wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11970957,news_11940344,news_11971872\"]Groundwater depletion in parts of Saudi Arabia slowed, for instance — possibly due to policies \u003ca href=\"https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1050168/CIRENDTARGETSOccasionalPaper19Kim_VanDerBeek2018.pdf?sequence=5\">aimed at curbing agricultural use\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/report/downloadreportbyfilename?filename=Saudi%20Arabian%20Alfalfa%20Hay%20Market%20_Riyadh_Saudi%20Arabia_2-22-2017.pdf\">a phaseout of alfalfa (PDF)\u003c/a> cultivation that \u003ca href=\"https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337173/\">also led to a massive increase in imports from the U.S\u003c/a>. In Bangkok, Thailand, pumping slowed after officials increased fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the Coachella Valley, groundwater levels \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70209731\">improved after the water district\u003c/a> introduced a new pricing structure, increased recharge and improved access to the Colorado River and recycled water supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But UC Davis’s Fogg said that the research also clarified what he called one of the existential challenges for the nexus between food, energy and water: how reining in groundwater depletion will affect the global food system. About 70% of water worldwide is used for agriculture and irrigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve built a food supply system that relies in large part on irrigated agriculture, which in turn relies in many areas … on pumped groundwater,” Fogg said. “So that has to change. That change will likely result in effects on the food supply. So it’s a major challenge to see how civilization can deal with that in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Researchers found that the world’s most rapidly declining basins are in farm regions, especially drier areas like the San Joaquin Valley. Wells are drying out, and land is sinking.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1706129646,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://calmatters-map-groundwater-global.netlify.app/"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":1309},"headData":{"title":"Alarming Study Reveals California's Rapidly Declining Groundwater Basins | KQED","description":"Researchers found that the world’s most rapidly declining basins are in farm regions, especially drier areas like the San Joaquin Valley. Wells are drying out, and land is sinking.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/\">Rachel Becker\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11973512/alarming-study-reveals-californias-rapidly-declining-groundwater-basins","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a sign of the ongoing threats to its precious groundwater stores, half a dozen regions in California rank among the world’s most rapidly declining aquifers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8\">according to research published on Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, lack of local water drives migration, poverty, starvation and violence — while in California, it drives \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">decades-long regulatory battles\u003c/a> over how to stop over-pumping by growers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquifers in Spain, Iran, China and Chile top the list of the 100 most rapidly dropping groundwater levels. \u003ca href=\"https://legal-planet.org/2023/09/18/why-is-there-a-carrot-boycott-in-cuyama-valley/\">California’s Cuyama Valley\u003c/a>, north of Santa Barbara, ranked 34th worldwide. Its underground basin has been dropping almost 5 feet a year, and residents, farmers and even the school district are locked in a court battle with carrot growers who \u003ca href=\"https://legal-planet.org/2023/09/18/why-is-there-a-carrot-boycott-in-cuyama-valley/\">sued them over groundwater rights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four other basins in the San Joaquin Valley and one in northeastern San Diego also netted spots in the top 100, with water levels falling up to almost four feet a year, according to the study, which was led by University of California and Swiss researchers and published in the journal \u003cem>Nature\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only two other basins in the United States made the top 100: Gila Bend near Phoenix and Mill Creek in Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘Some of the rates of groundwater level decline occurring in California really are some of the highest in the world. It’s a sobering finding. We’ve got a lot of work to do here in California.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Scott Jasechko, study co-author and associate professor of hydrology, water resources and groundwater, UC Santa Barbara","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Some of the rates of groundwater level decline occurring in California really are some of the highest in the world,” said \u003ca href=\"https://bren.ucsb.edu/people/scott-jasechko\">Scott Jasechko\u003c/a>, a co-author of the study and an associate professor of hydrology, water resources and groundwater at UC Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a sobering finding,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research revealed that rapidly declining groundwater basins are virtually nonexistent in places without farming. Heavily farmed regions in drier climates, such as the San Joaquin Valley, Iran and parts of India, are especially hard hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plummeting groundwater levels \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">can cause drinking water wells to go dry\u003c/a>. Streams \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/klamath-basin-tribes-ranchers-water-salmon/\">can dwindle and disappear,\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/10/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater/\">desiccated earth can sink and collapse\u003c/a> — shrinking the storage capacity of aquifers and damaging roads, buildings, levees and other structures above ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://mydrywatersupply.water.ca.gov/report/publicpage\">thousands of wells have gone dry\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">years of drought and overpumping\u003c/a> — spreading from the San Joaquin Valley to the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">Sacramento Valley\u003c/a> during the most recent drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land in parts of the San Joaquin Valley has subsided so much that it has damaged the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Engineering-And-Construction/Subsidence\">California Aqueduct\u003c/a>, which carries river water to Southern California, forced at least \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2022/Jan-21/Friant-Kern-Canal-Groundbreaking\">$187 million of repairs on the Friant-Kern Canal\u003c/a>, and required \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-12/newsom-announces-funding-to-raise-corcoran-levee\">millions more to fortify a levee\u003c/a> around the sinking town of Corcoran to protect it from floodwaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers analyzed more than 170,000 groundwater wells in more than 40 countries\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>and reported “widespread acceleration in groundwater level deepening,” which they said “highlights an urgent need for more effective measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-map-groundwater-global.netlify.app/\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study provides a global database that backs up observations that have long worried water watchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The major contribution is to bring into much sharper focus this global problem of groundwater depletion and over-pumping,” said \u003ca href=\"https://lawr.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/fogg-graham\">Graham Fogg\u003c/a>, a professor emeritus of hydrogeology at UC Davis who was not involved with the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With groundwater, if it’s left unmanaged and unregulated, it’s going to be abused in many, many cases. And if that abuse goes on long enough, some basins will be exhausted of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violence over water is flaring around the globe. Water is a trigger, casualty and weapon in \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/announcement/violence-over-water-increases-globally-according-to-new-data-from-pacific-institute-water-conflict-chronology/\">hundreds of conflicts just over the past two years\u003c/a> — from Russian troops destroying a Ukrainian dam to \u003ca href=\"https://worldwater.org/conflict/list/\">cyberattacks on Israeli water infrastructure\u003c/a> and Israeli military forces seizing or destroying Palestinian water sources. Clashes over water safety and scarcity have led to injuries and deaths around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, water disputes roil the state, from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/klamath-basin-tribes-ranchers-water-salmon/\">the Scott and Shasta Rivers in the far north\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/\">the Bay-Delta\u003c/a> and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Joaquin Valley growers are still over-pumping\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ten years ago, alarmed by record declines in groundwater and thousands of dried-up wells, California lawmakers passed a law to stop overpumping. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act\u003c/a> requires local agencies to achieve sustainable groundwater use by 2040 for the most critically overdrafted basins and 2042 for basins considered less depleted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We’ve built a food supply system that relies in large part on irrigated agriculture, which in turn relies in many areas … on pumped groundwater. So that has to change.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology, UC Davis","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But wells have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">continued to go dry,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/california-s-groundwater-semi-annual-conditions-updates/resource/7a9f6a69-0f43-474c-b9a5-b8b6f3e5ed48\">groundwater depletion continues\u003c/a> with few protections in place. So far, California water officials deemed plans for six San Joaquin Valley basins \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/10/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater/\">inadequate and called for probation hearings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the Cuyama Valley, the \u003cem>Nature \u003c/em>paper’s top 100 includes the \u003ca href=\"https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/244\">White Wolf Basin in Kern County\u003c/a> (52nd), the \u003ca href=\"https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/370\">San Pasqual Valley\u003c/a> in northeastern San Diego (55th), the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/2003-Basin-Descriptions/5_022_05_ChowchillaSubbasin.pdf\">Chowchilla Basin (PDF)\u003c/a> straddling Merced and Madera counties (65th), the Northern Kern Basin (69th) and \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/2003-Basin-Descriptions/5_022_11_KaweahSubbasin.pdf\">the Kaweah Basin (PDF)\u003c/a> in Kings and Tulare counties (93rd).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jasechko and his colleagues set out to understand how groundwater depletion in California compared to other aquifers globally. It took them six years to scour the literature for water level measurements, download it from databases and request it from water managers around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than 540 aquifers, the researchers had enough data to compare groundwater levels over 40 years. Of those, about a third showed accelerating groundwater declines. Another 21% had increases in the 1980s and 1990s turned to losses over the past 23 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jasechko found some reasons for hope: 20% of aquifers saw groundwater declines slow down in the 21st century. Another 16% pivoted from groundwater decline to recovery, while 13% saw groundwater levels continue to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Long-term groundwater losses are neither universal nor inevitable,” the researchers wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11970957,news_11940344,news_11971872"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Groundwater depletion in parts of Saudi Arabia slowed, for instance — possibly due to policies \u003ca href=\"https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1050168/CIRENDTARGETSOccasionalPaper19Kim_VanDerBeek2018.pdf?sequence=5\">aimed at curbing agricultural use\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/report/downloadreportbyfilename?filename=Saudi%20Arabian%20Alfalfa%20Hay%20Market%20_Riyadh_Saudi%20Arabia_2-22-2017.pdf\">a phaseout of alfalfa (PDF)\u003c/a> cultivation that \u003ca href=\"https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337173/\">also led to a massive increase in imports from the U.S\u003c/a>. In Bangkok, Thailand, pumping slowed after officials increased fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the Coachella Valley, groundwater levels \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70209731\">improved after the water district\u003c/a> introduced a new pricing structure, increased recharge and improved access to the Colorado River and recycled water supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But UC Davis’s Fogg said that the research also clarified what he called one of the existential challenges for the nexus between food, energy and water: how reining in groundwater depletion will affect the global food system. About 70% of water worldwide is used for agriculture and irrigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve built a food supply system that relies in large part on irrigated agriculture, which in turn relies in many areas … on pumped groundwater,” Fogg said. “So that has to change. That change will likely result in effects on the food supply. So it’s a major challenge to see how civilization can deal with that in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11973512/alarming-study-reveals-californias-rapidly-declining-groundwater-basins","authors":["byline_news_11973512"],"categories":["news_31795","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_18538","news_27626","news_5892","news_3187","news_483"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11973516","label":"news_18481"},"news_11967823":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11967823","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11967823","score":null,"sort":[1700330408000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-reservoirs-are-full-but-the-water-forecast-is-murky","title":"California's Reservoirs Are Full, but the Water Forecast Is Murky","publishDate":1700330408,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California’s Reservoirs Are Full, but the Water Forecast Is Murky | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>As forecasts tease California with rainstorms this week, the state’s reservoirs are already flush with water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a big departure from a year ago: The state’s major reservoirs — which store water collected mostly from rivers in the northern portion of the state — are in good shape, with levels at \u003ca href=\"https://cww.water.ca.gov/\">124% of average\u003c/a>. In late 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151422/california-reservoir-rebound\">bathtub rings of dry earth\u003c/a> lined lakes that had collectively dipped to about two-thirds of average — until heavy winter storms in January filled many of them almost to the brim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet healthy water levels don’t mean California’s reservoirs are full. Most of California’s large reservoirs are operated for flood control as well as water storage, with space kept empty to rein in winter storm runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet season has arrived in California, with El Niño conditions \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/archives/32554\">projected to continue strengthening\u003c/a>. But for the Golden State, with its unpredictable swings from dry to wet and back again, El Niño doesn’t guarantee heavy rainfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as California’s water managers plan for the water year ahead, they’re faced, as always, with their dueling responsibilities: forestalling floods while preparing for possible scarcity in a state where water supplies are often stretched thin and long droughts are common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state climatologist Michael Anderson looks into California’s water year ahead, he says the crystal ball is cloudy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-a-murky-forecast-both-near-and-far\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A murky forecast, both near and far\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Threats of a major storm dissolved into showers in parts of California this week, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">another surge of rainfall expected to wrap up this weekend\u003c/a>. Rainfall is only expected to reach 1 to 2 inches statewide through Saturday morning, with light snowfall predicted in the Sierra Nevada mountains at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall this is looking to be a beneficial rainfall event for Southern California, which is definitely welcome during the typical peak of our fire season,” the National Weather Service office for San Diego reported earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Marty Ralph, director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego\"]‘It’s like you’re playing poker, and you’ve got a good hand — that’s El Niño for us. But we haven’t finished the round of the game, and we still have to draw a couple cards. But we might not draw the good cards.’[/pullquote]Some headlines heralded it as the first storm of many as El Niño continues to strengthen and intensify. Characterized \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/understanding-el-nino\">by warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean\u003c/a>, El Niño is \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html\">often expected to bring wetter weather\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, the connection is more tenuous. Of seven El Niño events over the past 23 years, Anderson said, two have been dry, three have been roughly average and two have been wet. One recent study reported that El Niño accounts for only about 25% of the \u003ca href=\"https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/12/BAMS-D-21-0252.1.xml\">year-to-year variability in California’s rain and snowfall during the winter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that tells me is anything goes,” Anderson said. “El Niño by itself doesn’t define our water year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the year is actually off to a drier start: Statewide, California has \u003ca href=\"https://cww.water.ca.gov/\">seen only about 45% of average precipitation\u003c/a> since this water year began Oct. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego, suspects that it’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-storm-reservoirs-flooding/\">atmospheric rivers like the ones that pummeled California last year\u003c/a> that will determine whether El Niño will bring a firehose or a trickle to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like you’re playing poker, and you’ve got a good hand — that’s El Niño for us. But we haven’t finished the round of the game, and we still have to draw a couple cards,” Ralph said. “But we might not draw the good cards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-waste-not-want-not-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waste not, want not?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With seasonal outlooks unable to \u003ca href=\"https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/12/BAMS-D-21-0252.1.xml\">reliably say\u003c/a> whether a winter will be wet or dry, water managers must plan for both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately there’s some wiggle room this year, according to Jeanine Jones, the Department of Water Resources’ interstate resources manager. Last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-storm-reservoirs-flooding/\">massive snowpack and abundant rainfall\u003c/a> filled the state’s reservoirs enough that even if this rainy season leans dry, she said, “We’re going into next year with a cushion, which is always good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1985131,news_11943212,science_1981943\"]That doesn’t mean the reservoirs are full, though. Lake Oroville — the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/programs/state-water-project/swp-facilities/oroville\">largest reservoir on the State Water Project\u003c/a>, which sends water south to farms and cities — and Lake Shasta — critical to growers and other water users reliant on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/\">federal Central Valley Project\u003c/a> — are \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain\">at about two-thirds of their total capacity\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because with reservoirs that serve the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/slwri/docs/wkshp-pstrs/20140620-shasta-reservoir.pdf\">dual purpose of flood control and water storage\u003c/a>, water managers must \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/State-Water-Project/Oroville-CNA/Files/Meeting-3/PMF_Info_Sheet20190107_ay_19.pdf\">release water to keep space empty\u003c/a> to wrangle possible floods during the wet season, Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water that flows into rivers and streams and out to the ocean \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/05/sacramento-valley-water-drought/\">is often bemoaned as\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>water wasted\u003c/a>. But waste is in the eye of the beholder, said Jay Lund, vice-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Water that’s ‘wasted’ is always water used by somebody else,” Lund said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of benefits for fishing, conservation, Delta farmers, water quality and healthy shorelines \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d10g5vp\">is lengthy\u003c/a>. Water allowed to flow out into the San Francisco Bay, for instance, washes away salts and pollutants, transports sediment and sand necessary to maintain marshes and restore eroding beaches, assists salmon in migrations and helps maintain healthy ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the Public Policy Institute of California reports that California \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/priorities-for-californias-water/\">could have socked away more\u003c/a> water last year, had there been better ways to ferry water from full rivers to groundwater recharge sites, and better coordination among landowners, local agencies, and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tend to think that there is room for capturing more surface water … if you could afford the cost of capturing it,” agreed Lund. “That, to me, is the biggest problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/california-sites-reservoir/\">controversial Sites Reservoir project\u003c/a>, for instance, is projected to cost more than $4.4 billion. The reservoir, planned in the western Sacramento Valley, would store as much as 1.5 million acre-feet of \u003ca href=\"https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia-background/sites-reservoir\">Sacramento River water\u003c/a>, alarming environmental groups that say drawing more water from the river will imperil its already-struggling fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.opr.ca.gov/news/2023/11-06.html\">In early November\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom cleared the project to be fast-tracked “to the extent feasible” through any litigation challenging it under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act. That move was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/06/california-infrastructure-deal/\">made possible with new legislation\u003c/a>. Even so, the project is not expected to be \u003ca href=\"https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage/WSIP-Project-Review-Portal/All-Projects/Sites-Project\">completed before 2030 or 2031\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jay Lund, vice-director, Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis\"]‘I tend to think that there is room for capturing more surface water … if you could afford the cost of capturing it. That, to me, is the biggest problem.’[/pullquote]In the meantime, researchers like UC San Diego’s Ralph, along with local, state and federal agencies, hope to operate the state’s reservoirs more nimbly by incorporating new weather forecasting tools into decades-old rulebooks governing when to hold onto water and when to release it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program allowed the Russian River watershed to hold onto about 7,000 to 8,000 acre-feet more water in Lake Mendocino this past year, and an additional 19,000 acre-feet more in Lake Sonoma, according to Donald Seymour, deputy director of engineering with Sonoma Water. The Department of Water Resources announced that it is expanding \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/Jan-23/Californias-Forecast-Informed-Reservoir-Operations-Are-Key-to-Managing-Floods-and-Water-Supplies\">the effort to two major reservoirs, Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar\u003c/a>, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many are looking down rather than up for opportunities to store more water. The Department of Water Resources estimates that \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/July-23/DWR-Captures-and-Stores-Water-from-Record-Breaking-Snowpack\">about 3.8 million acre-feet of water\u003c/a> was captured through groundwater recharge by last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Southern California water import giant, the Metropolitan Water District, also recently announced a $211 million groundwater bank in the Antelope Valley. The bank can store \u003ca href=\"https://www.mwdh2o.com/press-releases/new-regional-water-bank-improves-water-supply-reliability-for-millions/\">280,000 acre-feet of water\u003c/a>, enough to fill Castaic Lake, \u003ca href=\"https://www.castaiclake.com/\">the largest State Water Project reservoir in Southern California\u003c/a>. Though construction to allow withdrawals hasn’t been completed yet, the bank stands ready to accept deposits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bank is aimed at providing a little more net for the tightrope walk that California’s water managers start anew every water year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always plan for it to be potentially very dry, or very wet,” said Brad Coffey, Metropolitan’s water resources manager. “No matter what kind of year we had this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Unlike a year ago, water storage is above average. Whether the year is wet or dry, though, remains uncertain despite El Niño conditions.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1700331041,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1552},"headData":{"title":"California's Reservoirs Are Full, but the Water Forecast Is Murky | KQED","description":"Unlike a year ago, water storage is above average. Whether the year is wet or dry, though, remains uncertain despite El Niño conditions.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/\">Rachel Becker\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11967823/californias-reservoirs-are-full-but-the-water-forecast-is-murky","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As forecasts tease California with rainstorms this week, the state’s reservoirs are already flush with water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a big departure from a year ago: The state’s major reservoirs — which store water collected mostly from rivers in the northern portion of the state — are in good shape, with levels at \u003ca href=\"https://cww.water.ca.gov/\">124% of average\u003c/a>. In late 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151422/california-reservoir-rebound\">bathtub rings of dry earth\u003c/a> lined lakes that had collectively dipped to about two-thirds of average — until heavy winter storms in January filled many of them almost to the brim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet healthy water levels don’t mean California’s reservoirs are full. Most of California’s large reservoirs are operated for flood control as well as water storage, with space kept empty to rein in winter storm runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet season has arrived in California, with El Niño conditions \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/archives/32554\">projected to continue strengthening\u003c/a>. But for the Golden State, with its unpredictable swings from dry to wet and back again, El Niño doesn’t guarantee heavy rainfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as California’s water managers plan for the water year ahead, they’re faced, as always, with their dueling responsibilities: forestalling floods while preparing for possible scarcity in a state where water supplies are often stretched thin and long droughts are common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state climatologist Michael Anderson looks into California’s water year ahead, he says the crystal ball is cloudy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-a-murky-forecast-both-near-and-far\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A murky forecast, both near and far\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Threats of a major storm dissolved into showers in parts of California this week, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">another surge of rainfall expected to wrap up this weekend\u003c/a>. Rainfall is only expected to reach 1 to 2 inches statewide through Saturday morning, with light snowfall predicted in the Sierra Nevada mountains at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall this is looking to be a beneficial rainfall event for Southern California, which is definitely welcome during the typical peak of our fire season,” the National Weather Service office for San Diego reported earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘It’s like you’re playing poker, and you’ve got a good hand — that’s El Niño for us. But we haven’t finished the round of the game, and we still have to draw a couple cards. But we might not draw the good cards.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Marty Ralph, director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some headlines heralded it as the first storm of many as El Niño continues to strengthen and intensify. Characterized \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/understanding-el-nino\">by warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean\u003c/a>, El Niño is \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html\">often expected to bring wetter weather\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, the connection is more tenuous. Of seven El Niño events over the past 23 years, Anderson said, two have been dry, three have been roughly average and two have been wet. One recent study reported that El Niño accounts for only about 25% of the \u003ca href=\"https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/12/BAMS-D-21-0252.1.xml\">year-to-year variability in California’s rain and snowfall during the winter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that tells me is anything goes,” Anderson said. “El Niño by itself doesn’t define our water year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the year is actually off to a drier start: Statewide, California has \u003ca href=\"https://cww.water.ca.gov/\">seen only about 45% of average precipitation\u003c/a> since this water year began Oct. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego, suspects that it’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-storm-reservoirs-flooding/\">atmospheric rivers like the ones that pummeled California last year\u003c/a> that will determine whether El Niño will bring a firehose or a trickle to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like you’re playing poker, and you’ve got a good hand — that’s El Niño for us. But we haven’t finished the round of the game, and we still have to draw a couple cards,” Ralph said. “But we might not draw the good cards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-waste-not-want-not-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waste not, want not?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With seasonal outlooks unable to \u003ca href=\"https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/12/BAMS-D-21-0252.1.xml\">reliably say\u003c/a> whether a winter will be wet or dry, water managers must plan for both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately there’s some wiggle room this year, according to Jeanine Jones, the Department of Water Resources’ interstate resources manager. Last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-storm-reservoirs-flooding/\">massive snowpack and abundant rainfall\u003c/a> filled the state’s reservoirs enough that even if this rainy season leans dry, she said, “We’re going into next year with a cushion, which is always good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"science_1985131,news_11943212,science_1981943"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That doesn’t mean the reservoirs are full, though. Lake Oroville — the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/programs/state-water-project/swp-facilities/oroville\">largest reservoir on the State Water Project\u003c/a>, which sends water south to farms and cities — and Lake Shasta — critical to growers and other water users reliant on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/\">federal Central Valley Project\u003c/a> — are \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain\">at about two-thirds of their total capacity\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because with reservoirs that serve the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/slwri/docs/wkshp-pstrs/20140620-shasta-reservoir.pdf\">dual purpose of flood control and water storage\u003c/a>, water managers must \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/State-Water-Project/Oroville-CNA/Files/Meeting-3/PMF_Info_Sheet20190107_ay_19.pdf\">release water to keep space empty\u003c/a> to wrangle possible floods during the wet season, Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water that flows into rivers and streams and out to the ocean \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/05/sacramento-valley-water-drought/\">is often bemoaned as\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>water wasted\u003c/a>. But waste is in the eye of the beholder, said Jay Lund, vice-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Water that’s ‘wasted’ is always water used by somebody else,” Lund said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of benefits for fishing, conservation, Delta farmers, water quality and healthy shorelines \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d10g5vp\">is lengthy\u003c/a>. Water allowed to flow out into the San Francisco Bay, for instance, washes away salts and pollutants, transports sediment and sand necessary to maintain marshes and restore eroding beaches, assists salmon in migrations and helps maintain healthy ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the Public Policy Institute of California reports that California \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/priorities-for-californias-water/\">could have socked away more\u003c/a> water last year, had there been better ways to ferry water from full rivers to groundwater recharge sites, and better coordination among landowners, local agencies, and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tend to think that there is room for capturing more surface water … if you could afford the cost of capturing it,” agreed Lund. “That, to me, is the biggest problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/california-sites-reservoir/\">controversial Sites Reservoir project\u003c/a>, for instance, is projected to cost more than $4.4 billion. The reservoir, planned in the western Sacramento Valley, would store as much as 1.5 million acre-feet of \u003ca href=\"https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia-background/sites-reservoir\">Sacramento River water\u003c/a>, alarming environmental groups that say drawing more water from the river will imperil its already-struggling fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.opr.ca.gov/news/2023/11-06.html\">In early November\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom cleared the project to be fast-tracked “to the extent feasible” through any litigation challenging it under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act. That move was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/06/california-infrastructure-deal/\">made possible with new legislation\u003c/a>. Even so, the project is not expected to be \u003ca href=\"https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage/WSIP-Project-Review-Portal/All-Projects/Sites-Project\">completed before 2030 or 2031\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘I tend to think that there is room for capturing more surface water … if you could afford the cost of capturing it. That, to me, is the biggest problem.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Jay Lund, vice-director, Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In the meantime, researchers like UC San Diego’s Ralph, along with local, state and federal agencies, hope to operate the state’s reservoirs more nimbly by incorporating new weather forecasting tools into decades-old rulebooks governing when to hold onto water and when to release it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program allowed the Russian River watershed to hold onto about 7,000 to 8,000 acre-feet more water in Lake Mendocino this past year, and an additional 19,000 acre-feet more in Lake Sonoma, according to Donald Seymour, deputy director of engineering with Sonoma Water. The Department of Water Resources announced that it is expanding \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/Jan-23/Californias-Forecast-Informed-Reservoir-Operations-Are-Key-to-Managing-Floods-and-Water-Supplies\">the effort to two major reservoirs, Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar\u003c/a>, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many are looking down rather than up for opportunities to store more water. The Department of Water Resources estimates that \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/July-23/DWR-Captures-and-Stores-Water-from-Record-Breaking-Snowpack\">about 3.8 million acre-feet of water\u003c/a> was captured through groundwater recharge by last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Southern California water import giant, the Metropolitan Water District, also recently announced a $211 million groundwater bank in the Antelope Valley. The bank can store \u003ca href=\"https://www.mwdh2o.com/press-releases/new-regional-water-bank-improves-water-supply-reliability-for-millions/\">280,000 acre-feet of water\u003c/a>, enough to fill Castaic Lake, \u003ca href=\"https://www.castaiclake.com/\">the largest State Water Project reservoir in Southern California\u003c/a>. Though construction to allow withdrawals hasn’t been completed yet, the bank stands ready to accept deposits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bank is aimed at providing a little more net for the tightrope walk that California’s water managers start anew every water year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always plan for it to be potentially very dry, or very wet,” said Brad Coffey, Metropolitan’s water resources manager. “No matter what kind of year we had this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11967823/californias-reservoirs-are-full-but-the-water-forecast-is-murky","authors":["byline_news_11967823"],"categories":["news_31795","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_6217","news_464","news_3187","news_19097","news_483"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11967824","label":"news_18481"},"news_11933826":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11933826","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11933826","score":null,"sort":[1669945731000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-cities-struggle-to-get-water-from-state-as-drought-conditions-continue","title":"California Cities Will Receive Only Tiny Fraction of Requested State Water Supplies in 2023","publishDate":1669945731,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023, water officials announced Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driest three-year stretch on record and as water managers brace for a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-weather-climate-and-environment-6f591a7e40f39a0d804706b507fd4022\">fourth year\u003c/a> with below-average precipitation. But if the winter is wetter than expected, the state could boost how much supply it plans to give out — as it did last year when allocations started at 0% and ended the winter at 5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absent an end to the drought, water-saving measures are poised to continue, including calls for people to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-colorado-river-droughts-business-889078912d1428e91477c254228a92b1\">rip up decorative grass\u003c/a>, limit outdoor watering, take shorter showers and run dishwashers only when full. Much of California is in extreme or exceptional drought, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">U.S. Drought Monitor.\u003c/a>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Michael McNutt, spokesman, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District\"]'We're all just sort of holding our breath to see what mother nature does.'[/pullquote]A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-storms-san-francisco-weather-reno-c7d4f730189ab760a40e255711de68a5\">storm\u003c/a> currently bringing snow and rain to the northern end of the state has been welcome news, but people shouldn't get too optimistic, warned Michael Anderson, the state climatologist. Last year two major storms in October and December were followed by months of bone-dry weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t get too carried away by any one storm,\" Anderson told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of California's water supply comes from snow that falls in the mountains during the winter and enters the watershed as it melts through spring. Some of it is stored in reservoirs for later use, while some is sent south through massive pumping systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system is known as the State Water Project, and it provides water to two-thirds of the state's people and 1,172 square miles of farmland. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which services Los Angeles and much of Southern California, relies on the state for about one-third of its water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California's supply is further threatened by the ongoing crisis afflicting the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/arizona-california-colorado-river-1736e64e6c30db3a10c9d2dedd948930\">Colorado River\u003c/a>, another major source for the heavily populated region. The district is working on a massive water recycling plant to eventually supplement supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Metropolitan is doing everything we can to alleviate the immediate crisis and make investments to provide more tools than emergency conservation alone,\" Adel Hagekhalil, the district's general manager, said in a statement. “But now we need the public’s help. We can get through this by working together.”[aside label='Related Articles' tag='drought']Some districts with limited water supplies may get additional water if the 5% isn't enough to cover critical health and safety needs, said Molly White, water operations manager for the State Water Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the uncertainty about how long the drought will last, the state wants to keep water in Lake Oroville, its largest reservoir. Right now, it's about half as full as it usually is at this time of year. So officials plan to tap excess water from winter storms to provide the 5% supply and take some water out of the San Luis Reservoir in Merced County, White said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all just sort of holding our breath to see what mother nature does,” said Michael McNutt, spokesman for Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, which serves some wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles and relies almost exclusively on state supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district may completely ban outdoor watering if dry conditions persist, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government also controls some water supply in California, much of which goes to farmers in the vast Central Valley who grow fruits, nuts and vegetables. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation doesn't issue its first water allocations until February but on Monday warned farmers and cities to prepare for limited supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If drought conditions extend into 2023, Reclamation will find it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to meet all the competing needs of the Central Valley Project without beginning the implementation of additional and more severe water conservation actions,” the bureau said in a news release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to kick off 2023 as the state anticipates a fourth dry year.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1670012843,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":699},"headData":{"title":"California Cities Will Receive Only Tiny Fraction of Requested State Water Supplies in 2023 | KQED","description":"California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to kick off 2023 as the state anticipates a fourth dry year.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"nprByline":"Kathleen Ronayne\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11933826/california-cities-struggle-to-get-water-from-state-as-drought-conditions-continue","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023, water officials announced Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driest three-year stretch on record and as water managers brace for a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-weather-climate-and-environment-6f591a7e40f39a0d804706b507fd4022\">fourth year\u003c/a> with below-average precipitation. But if the winter is wetter than expected, the state could boost how much supply it plans to give out — as it did last year when allocations started at 0% and ended the winter at 5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absent an end to the drought, water-saving measures are poised to continue, including calls for people to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-colorado-river-droughts-business-889078912d1428e91477c254228a92b1\">rip up decorative grass\u003c/a>, limit outdoor watering, take shorter showers and run dishwashers only when full. Much of California is in extreme or exceptional drought, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">U.S. Drought Monitor.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We're all just sort of holding our breath to see what mother nature does.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Michael McNutt, spokesman, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-storms-san-francisco-weather-reno-c7d4f730189ab760a40e255711de68a5\">storm\u003c/a> currently bringing snow and rain to the northern end of the state has been welcome news, but people shouldn't get too optimistic, warned Michael Anderson, the state climatologist. Last year two major storms in October and December were followed by months of bone-dry weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t get too carried away by any one storm,\" Anderson told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of California's water supply comes from snow that falls in the mountains during the winter and enters the watershed as it melts through spring. Some of it is stored in reservoirs for later use, while some is sent south through massive pumping systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system is known as the State Water Project, and it provides water to two-thirds of the state's people and 1,172 square miles of farmland. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which services Los Angeles and much of Southern California, relies on the state for about one-third of its water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California's supply is further threatened by the ongoing crisis afflicting the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/arizona-california-colorado-river-1736e64e6c30db3a10c9d2dedd948930\">Colorado River\u003c/a>, another major source for the heavily populated region. The district is working on a massive water recycling plant to eventually supplement supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Metropolitan is doing everything we can to alleviate the immediate crisis and make investments to provide more tools than emergency conservation alone,\" Adel Hagekhalil, the district's general manager, said in a statement. “But now we need the public’s help. We can get through this by working together.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Articles ","tag":"drought"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some districts with limited water supplies may get additional water if the 5% isn't enough to cover critical health and safety needs, said Molly White, water operations manager for the State Water Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the uncertainty about how long the drought will last, the state wants to keep water in Lake Oroville, its largest reservoir. Right now, it's about half as full as it usually is at this time of year. So officials plan to tap excess water from winter storms to provide the 5% supply and take some water out of the San Luis Reservoir in Merced County, White said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all just sort of holding our breath to see what mother nature does,” said Michael McNutt, spokesman for Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, which serves some wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles and relies almost exclusively on state supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district may completely ban outdoor watering if dry conditions persist, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government also controls some water supply in California, much of which goes to farmers in the vast Central Valley who grow fruits, nuts and vegetables. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation doesn't issue its first water allocations until February but on Monday warned farmers and cities to prepare for limited supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If drought conditions extend into 2023, Reclamation will find it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to meet all the competing needs of the Central Valley Project without beginning the implementation of additional and more severe water conservation actions,” the bureau said in a news release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11933826/california-cities-struggle-to-get-water-from-state-as-drought-conditions-continue","authors":["byline_news_11933826"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_18022","news_31762","news_4175","news_18864","news_5641","news_483"],"featImg":"news_11933837","label":"news"},"news_11924950":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11924950","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11924950","score":null,"sort":[1662596665000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-water-use-drops-10-in-july-amid-ongoing-drought","title":"California Water Use Drops 10% in July Amid Ongoing Drought","publishDate":1662596665,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Californians stepped up their water conservation in July, using 10.4% less than two years ago as the state struggles with a years-long drought, water officials said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>July marks the first full month that new conservation rules like \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-government-and-politics-gavin-newsom-water-use-3a2c46fc2de40023f14ccc906106cea0\">a ban on watering decorative grass\u003c/a> went into effect, which officials said helped make a difference. Water use started to trend down in June after a bump in April and May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, conservation over the past year falls far short of the 15% drop Gov. Gavin Newsom requested last summer, as the state fought to maintain critical water supplies in anticipation of a drier year ahead. Statewide, water use is down since then by just 3.4% compared with 2020, the year Newsom is measuring against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Resources Control Board reported the monthly numbers, based on data from urban water suppliers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last summer the savings numbers were slow to ramp up because the governor's call had just gone into effect. But the most recent numbers show how far we've come,\" said Marielle Rhodeiro, a research data specialist with the board. \"We can see some achievements — quite heartening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of California remains gripped by a severe drought, with many counties throughout the hot, dry Central Valley in \"exceptional\" drought, the highest category, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Meanwhile, the board's monthly report came as a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-utilities-climate-and-environment-6aa55ccf58a3357a6c07ecf08ac0bbca\">heat wave\u003c/a> that has lasted for longer than a week continues to blanket the state, forcing unprecedented power demands. It's not yet clear how the abnormally hot September temperatures will change water use for the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents on average used 104 gallons per day in July, 12 gallons per day less than a year ago. It was the lowest July water use since mandatory restrictions in July 2015, when usage dropped to 98 gallons per person per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"california-drought\"]“What a ride it's been,” said the board's chair, E. Joaquin Esquivel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that we need to keep the momentum going,” he later added, warning that the state seems likely to face another winter with below-average precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of the state's 10 water regions exceeded 15% savings, Rhodeiro said, with the North Coast region “completely blowing it out of the water” with usage that fell 28.5% as compared to July 2020. The Bay Area used 17.3% less, and the South Lahontan region, which includes numerous mountain ranges, used about 16% less, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water use decreased early last winter after a series of storms, but it soared through March when the rains stopped and led to the driest first quarter on record. Newsom doubled down with a $100 million advertising campaign urging water conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=RES\">main reservoirs are well below their historic averages\u003c/a> despite some late April storms. They largely depend on snow melt that flows downstream from the Sierra Nevada. But the statewide snowpack was at just 27% of its historic average as of April 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Shasta, the state's largest reservoir, and Lake Oroville, the second largest, are both just over one-third of their capacity, and well below their historic averages for this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Things are in general significantly below historic averages,\" Erik Ekdahl, deputy director for water rights, told the water board. \"That trend is continuing, and there’s no clear precipitation on the horizon, with maybe the exception of Southern California, which may see some tropical moisture toward the end of the week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban water use accounts for a relatively small percentage of California’s overall water use, as compared to the outsize volume used for agriculture. But state and federal officials also have reduced agricultural water allocations to zero in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has declared drought emergencies for 11 communities, where it is providing bottled or hauled water to more than 2,700 people. There are drought warnings for another 35 communities, which are receiving funding to cope with less water. Drought watches are in place for 2,018 communities that could be in danger of water shortages in the next year. The worst-hit areas are concentrated in the San Joaquin Valley and Russian River drainage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, about 4 million people in parts of Los Angeles County this week were \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-colorado-river-0552f9996008a992df99bf60dabbe35c\">banned from outdoor watering\u003c/a> for 15 days so that workers can repair a major pipeline that delivers Colorado River water to seven cities and four local water districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Even so, statewide water use this year is down just 3.4% from 2020 rates, far short of the 15% Gov. Gavin Newsom requested.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1662660929,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":764},"headData":{"title":"California Water Use Drops 10% in July Amid Ongoing Drought | KQED","description":"Even so, statewide water use this year is down just 3.4% from 2020 rates, far short of the 15% Gov. Gavin Newsom requested.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11924950 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11924950","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/09/07/california-water-use-drops-10-in-july-amid-ongoing-drought/","disqusTitle":"California Water Use Drops 10% in July Amid Ongoing Drought","nprByline":"Don Thompson\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11924950/california-water-use-drops-10-in-july-amid-ongoing-drought","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Californians stepped up their water conservation in July, using 10.4% less than two years ago as the state struggles with a years-long drought, water officials said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>July marks the first full month that new conservation rules like \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-government-and-politics-gavin-newsom-water-use-3a2c46fc2de40023f14ccc906106cea0\">a ban on watering decorative grass\u003c/a> went into effect, which officials said helped make a difference. Water use started to trend down in June after a bump in April and May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, conservation over the past year falls far short of the 15% drop Gov. Gavin Newsom requested last summer, as the state fought to maintain critical water supplies in anticipation of a drier year ahead. Statewide, water use is down since then by just 3.4% compared with 2020, the year Newsom is measuring against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Resources Control Board reported the monthly numbers, based on data from urban water suppliers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last summer the savings numbers were slow to ramp up because the governor's call had just gone into effect. But the most recent numbers show how far we've come,\" said Marielle Rhodeiro, a research data specialist with the board. \"We can see some achievements — quite heartening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of California remains gripped by a severe drought, with many counties throughout the hot, dry Central Valley in \"exceptional\" drought, the highest category, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Meanwhile, the board's monthly report came as a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-utilities-climate-and-environment-6aa55ccf58a3357a6c07ecf08ac0bbca\">heat wave\u003c/a> that has lasted for longer than a week continues to blanket the state, forcing unprecedented power demands. It's not yet clear how the abnormally hot September temperatures will change water use for the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents on average used 104 gallons per day in July, 12 gallons per day less than a year ago. It was the lowest July water use since mandatory restrictions in July 2015, when usage dropped to 98 gallons per person per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"california-drought"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“What a ride it's been,” said the board's chair, E. Joaquin Esquivel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that we need to keep the momentum going,” he later added, warning that the state seems likely to face another winter with below-average precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of the state's 10 water regions exceeded 15% savings, Rhodeiro said, with the North Coast region “completely blowing it out of the water” with usage that fell 28.5% as compared to July 2020. The Bay Area used 17.3% less, and the South Lahontan region, which includes numerous mountain ranges, used about 16% less, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water use decreased early last winter after a series of storms, but it soared through March when the rains stopped and led to the driest first quarter on record. Newsom doubled down with a $100 million advertising campaign urging water conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=RES\">main reservoirs are well below their historic averages\u003c/a> despite some late April storms. They largely depend on snow melt that flows downstream from the Sierra Nevada. But the statewide snowpack was at just 27% of its historic average as of April 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Shasta, the state's largest reservoir, and Lake Oroville, the second largest, are both just over one-third of their capacity, and well below their historic averages for this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Things are in general significantly below historic averages,\" Erik Ekdahl, deputy director for water rights, told the water board. \"That trend is continuing, and there’s no clear precipitation on the horizon, with maybe the exception of Southern California, which may see some tropical moisture toward the end of the week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban water use accounts for a relatively small percentage of California’s overall water use, as compared to the outsize volume used for agriculture. But state and federal officials also have reduced agricultural water allocations to zero in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has declared drought emergencies for 11 communities, where it is providing bottled or hauled water to more than 2,700 people. There are drought warnings for another 35 communities, which are receiving funding to cope with less water. Drought watches are in place for 2,018 communities that could be in danger of water shortages in the next year. The worst-hit areas are concentrated in the San Joaquin Valley and Russian River drainage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, about 4 million people in parts of Los Angeles County this week were \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-colorado-river-0552f9996008a992df99bf60dabbe35c\">banned from outdoor watering\u003c/a> for 15 days so that workers can repair a major pipeline that delivers Colorado River water to seven cities and four local water districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11924950/california-water-use-drops-10-in-july-amid-ongoing-drought","authors":["byline_news_11924950"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_18022","news_17601","news_483","news_30806"],"featImg":"news_11924953","label":"news"},"news_11921363":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11921363","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11921363","score":null,"sort":[1659558855000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-leads-state-in-latest-water-conservation-numbers","title":"Bay Area Leads State in Latest Water Conservation Numbers","publishDate":1659558855,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The latest statewide water conservation numbers are improving, having more than doubled from May to June, and the Bay Area is leading the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, statewide water consumption dropped by 7.6% compared to June 2020, whereas in May, Californians reduced water use by just 3.1%, according to a report from the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The second round of the drought emergency regulations took effect at the end of May and the numbers seem to indicate we're seeing some positive impacts from that,\" said Marielle Pinheiro, a data specialist with the Water Board's Office of Research, Planning and Performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' citation='Dave Eggerton Association of California Water Agencies']'I think the numbers are definitely heading in the right direction.'[/pullquote]The emergency regulations require all of the state's 436 urban water suppliers to implement Water Shortage Contingency Plans, which vary from supplier to supplier but can include things like incentives for conservation and for replacing water-intensive landscaping as well as fines or additional charges for overconsuming water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), which delivers drinking water to 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, mandated a 10% water-use reduction, tightened restrictions on outdoor water use and reinstated its Excessive Use Penalty Ordinance, which includes fines of $2 for every 748 gallons of water used above a 1,646-gallon threshold, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says it has recorded water-use reductions of 6% in May, 12% in June and 16% in July, compared to those months two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Customer savings figures are moving in the right direction, but we know we must do more,\" said EBMUD General Manager Clifford Chan in a news release Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"EBMUD asks its customers to continue to conserve, and if they are able, make more changes to make long-term impacts to their water use habits,\" Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=water,drought label='Related Coverage']Also in June, the Water Board banned the use of potable water on \"decorative or non-functional grass\" at commercial, industrial and institutional properties across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the numbers are definitely heading in the right direction,\" said Dave Eggerton, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's positive and only getting better,\" said Eggerton, whose association represents hundreds of water systems that collectively deliver about 90% of the state's water to residential and commercial users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water Board chairman E. Joaquin Esquivel said June's conservation numbers are heartening since they come on the heels of two months, March and April, when statewide water-use numbers rose by 18.7% and 17.8% respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What is important to see is that turnaround,\" Esquivel said. \"We did pass in late May our regs; all water agencies are now at Level 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plan and we began banning the irrigation of non-functional turf.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, all of the state's 10 hydrologic regions reported a decrease in water use\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — \u003c/span>the Bay Area heading up the list with 12.6%, followed by the North Coast and San Joaquin River regions with a bit over 10% each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin County residents saved the most at 24.7% in May. Napa and Sonoma counties also beat Gov. Gavin Newsom's targeted 15% conservation goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Solano lagged behind, each at only around 5% savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]The South Coast region, which includes Los Angeles and San Diego and is home to more than 55% of the state's population, recorded a nearly 6% drop in water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From July 2021 to June 2022, the state's cumulative water use dropped by 2.7% compared to 2020, well below the governor's conservation goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We met with the governor recently and he made it very clear that he wants to see this happen,\" Eggerton said. \"It's a critical part of our response to the drought.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eggerton also said the state needs to continue investing in water storage and delivery systems in order to build resiliency in the face of ongoing temperature rise and precipitation declines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We really need to capture as much (water) as we can when we do have wet years so we're in a better position to deal with the challenges we have now,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Kevin Stark and Bay City News contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":" Californians are conserving more water than before but are still well shy of meeting the state’s conservation target.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1659653836,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":742},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Leads State in Latest Water Conservation Numbers | KQED","description":" Californians are conserving more water than before but are still well shy of meeting the state’s conservation target.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11921363 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the end of May and the numbers seem to indicate we're seeing some positive impacts from that,\" said Marielle Pinheiro, a data specialist with the Water Board's Office of Research, Planning and Performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I think the numbers are definitely heading in the right direction.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","citation":"Dave Eggerton Association of California Water Agencies","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The emergency regulations require all of the state's 436 urban water suppliers to implement Water Shortage Contingency Plans, which vary from supplier to supplier but can include things like incentives for conservation and for replacing water-intensive landscaping as well as fines or additional charges for overconsuming water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), which delivers drinking water to 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, mandated a 10% water-use reduction, tightened restrictions on outdoor water use and reinstated its Excessive Use Penalty Ordinance, which includes fines of $2 for every 748 gallons of water used above a 1,646-gallon threshold, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says it has recorded water-use reductions of 6% in May, 12% in June and 16% in July, compared to those months two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Customer savings figures are moving in the right direction, but we know we must do more,\" said EBMUD General Manager Clifford Chan in a news release Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"EBMUD asks its customers to continue to conserve, and if they are able, make more changes to make long-term impacts to their water use habits,\" Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"water,drought","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Also in June, the Water Board banned the use of potable water on \"decorative or non-functional grass\" at commercial, industrial and institutional properties across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the numbers are definitely heading in the right direction,\" said Dave Eggerton, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's positive and only getting better,\" said Eggerton, whose association represents hundreds of water systems that collectively deliver about 90% of the state's water to residential and commercial users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water Board chairman E. Joaquin Esquivel said June's conservation numbers are heartening since they come on the heels of two months, March and April, when statewide water-use numbers rose by 18.7% and 17.8% respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What is important to see is that turnaround,\" Esquivel said. \"We did pass in late May our regs; all water agencies are now at Level 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plan and we began banning the irrigation of non-functional turf.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, all of the state's 10 hydrologic regions reported a decrease in water use\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — \u003c/span>the Bay Area heading up the list with 12.6%, followed by the North Coast and San Joaquin River regions with a bit over 10% each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin County residents saved the most at 24.7% in May. Napa and Sonoma counties also beat Gov. Gavin Newsom's targeted 15% conservation goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Solano lagged behind, each at only around 5% savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The South Coast region, which includes Los Angeles and San Diego and is home to more than 55% of the state's population, recorded a nearly 6% drop in water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From July 2021 to June 2022, the state's cumulative water use dropped by 2.7% compared to 2020, well below the governor's conservation goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We met with the governor recently and he made it very clear that he wants to see this happen,\" Eggerton said. \"It's a critical part of our response to the drought.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eggerton also said the state needs to continue investing in water storage and delivery systems in order to build resiliency in the face of ongoing temperature rise and precipitation declines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We really need to capture as much (water) as we can when we do have wet years so we're in a better position to deal with the challenges we have now,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Kevin Stark and Bay City News contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11921363/bay-area-leads-state-in-latest-water-conservation-numbers","authors":["byline_news_11921363"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_1386","news_19204","news_21074","news_17601","news_22572","news_483","news_31417"],"featImg":"news_11921439","label":"news"},"news_11914993":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11914993","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11914993","score":null,"sort":[1653614010000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"severe-drought-in-sacramento-valley-slams-farmers-salmon-and-migratory-birds","title":"Severe Drought in Sacramento Valley Slams Farmers, Salmon and Migratory Birds","publishDate":1653614010,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Standing on the grassy plateau where water is piped onto his property, Josh Davy wished his feet were wet and his irrigation ditch full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years ago, when he sank everything he had into 66 acres of irrigated pasture in Shasta County, Davy thought he’d drought-proofed his cattle operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’d been banking on the Sacramento Valley’s water supply, which was guaranteed even during the deepest of droughts almost 60 years ago, when irrigation districts up and down the valley cut a deal with the federal government. Buying this land was his insurance against droughts expected to intensify with climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this spring, for the first time ever, no water is flowing through his pipes and canals or those of his neighbors: The district won’t be delivering any water to Davy or any of its roughly 800 other customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' citation='Mathew Garcia, rice farmer, Glenn County']'Without the water, we have dirt. It's basically worthless.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without rain for rangeland grass where his cows forage in the winter, or water to irrigate his pasture, he will probably have to sell at least half the cows he’s raised for breeding and sell all his calves a season early. Davy expects to lose money this year — more than $120,000, he guesses, and if it happens again next year, he won’t be able to pay his bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would never have bought [this land] if I had known it wasn’t going to get water. Not when you pay the price you pay for it,” he said. “If this is a one-time fluke, I’ll suck it up and be fine. But I don’t have another year in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 1964, the water supply of the western Sacramento Valley has been virtually guaranteed, even during critically dry years, the result of an arcane water rights system and legal agreements underlying operations of the Central Valley Project, the federal government’s massive water management system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as California weathers a third year of drought, conditions have grown so dry and reservoirs gotten so low that the valley’s landowners and irrigation districts are being forced to give up more water than ever before. Now, this region, which has relied on the largest portion of federally managed water flowing from Lake Shasta, is wrestling with what to do as its deal with the federal government no longer protects them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915001\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"An irrigation canal runs straight down the middle of the photo; the canal is filled with green grasses and brush, but no water. A thin strip of dark blue mountains is in the distance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An irrigation canal on Davy’s pasture in Shasta County is bone-dry on April 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All relying on the lake’s supplies will make sacrifices: Many are struggling to keep their cattle and crops. Refuges for wildlife also will have to cope with less water from Lake Shasta, endangering migratory birds. And the eggs of endangered salmon that depend on cold water released from Shasta Dam are expected to die by the millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, water wars have pitted growers and ranchers against nature, north against south. But in this new California, where everyone is suffering, no one is guaranteed anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, when one person wins, everybody loses,” Davy said. “And we don’t actually solve the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Portioning out the river's precious water\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This parched valley was once a land of floods, regularly inundated when the Sacramento River overflowed to turn grasslands and riverbank forests into a vast, seasonal lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colonizers who flooded into California on the tide of the Gold Rush of 1849 staked their claims to the river’s flow with notices posted to trees in a system of “first in time, first in right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The river was corralled by levees, the region replumbed with drainage ditches and irrigation canals. Grasslands and swamps lush with tules turned to ranches and wheat fields, then to orchards, irrigated pasture and rice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government took over in the 1930s, when it began building the Central Valley Project’s Shasta Dam, which displaced the Winnemem Wintu people. A 20-year negotiation between water rights holders — the colonizers, who comprised miners, landowners and irrigation districts — and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation culminated in a deal in 1964.\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11915076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-800x1090.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-800x1090.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-1020x1390.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-160x218.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic.png 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, under the agreements, which were renewed in 2005, nearly 150 landowners and irrigation districts that supply almost half a million acres of agriculture in the western Sacramento Valley are entitled to receive about three times more water than Los Angeles and San Francisco use in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a controversial amount in the parched state. Before this year, the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors, as they’re called, received the largest portion of the federally managed supply of water that flows from Shasta Lake. It’s more than cities receive, more than wildlife refuges, more even than other powerful agricultural suppliers like the Westlands Water District farther south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their contract bars the irrigation districts’ supply from being cut by more than a quarter in critically dry years. During the last drought in 2014, federal efforts to cut it to 40% of the contracted amount were met with resistance, and deliveries ultimately increased to the full 75% allocation for the dry year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, facing exceptionally dry conditions, the irrigation districts negotiated with state and federal agencies, and agreed in March to reduce their water deliveries to 18%. Other agricultural suppliers with less senior rights are set to get nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' citation='\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-drought-monitor/\">CalMatters California Water and Drought Tracker\u003c/a>']'Urban water use statewide increased 18.9 percent between March 2020 and 2022.'[/pullquote]Growers understand that they have to sacrifice some water this year, said Thaddeus Bettner, general manager for Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, the largest of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors and one of the largest irrigation districts in the state. But he wondered why irrigation districts in the western Sacramento Valley draw so much of the blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand we’re bigger than everybody so we catch the focus,” Bettner said. “We’re just trying to survive this year. Frankly, it’s just complete devastation up here. And it’s unfortunate that the view seems to be that we should get hurt even more to save fish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cutting deliveries to growers means that more water can flow through the rivers, which slightly raises the chances for more endangered winter-run Chinook salmon to survive this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had the water rights to take 75% of their allocation instead of 18%, and we were anticipating another total bust,” said Howard Brown, senior policy advisor with NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region. “One hundred percent temperature-dependent mortality [of salmon eggs] would not have been something out of reason to imagine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet more than half the eggs of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon are expected to die this year, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A steep embankment of brown dirt and clay borders Shasta Lake in April 2022, showing low water levels. A border of thick trees runs along the top of the brown embankment. Houseboats float at a pier.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low water levels at Shasta Lake on April 25, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State and federal biologists are racing to move some of the adult salmon to a cooler tributary of the Sacramento River and a hatchery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re spreading the risk around, and putting our eggs in different baskets,” Brown said. “The animal that’s on the flag of California is extinct. How many can we afford to lose before we lose our identity as people and as citizens of California?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>'Nothing like I thought I'd ever see' in the Sacramento Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In any other year, Davy would run his cattle on rain-fed rangeland he leases in Tehama County until late spring before moving the herd to his home pasture, kept green and lush with spring and summer irrigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davy, who grew up roping and running cattle, supports his career as a full-time rancher with his other full-time job as a farm adviser with the University of California Cooperative Extension, specializing in livestock, rangelands and natural resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years ago, he sold his home in Cottonwood, on the Shasta-Tehama county line, for a fixer-upper nearby with holes in the floor, a shoddy electrical system and windows that wouldn’t close. This fixer-upper had two inarguable selling points: a view of Mount Shasta, and water from the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, a settlement contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, without rain, the grass where his cows forage through the winter crunches underfoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This grass should be up to my waist right now,” Davy said, readying a chute he would soon use to transport his cattle. He unloaded hay from his pickup to feed the cows and calves until he could move them — unheard of, he said, in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"About a dozen black, brown and tan cows feed on bales of , against a blurred backdrop of gray-green trees.ay. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cattle feed on hay in Tehama County. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Forty miles away, his pasture, green from the April rains, is faring a little better — but the green can’t last without irrigation. Thinking about it too hard makes Davy feel sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I try to stick to what I can get done today, and then assume next year I’ll be OK. I think that’s the mantra for agriculture: Next year will be better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 75 miles south of Davy’s ranch, rangeland and irrigated pastures open up to orchards and thousands of acres of empty rice fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing like I thought I’d ever see,” said Mathew Garcia, gazing at one of his dry rice fields in Glenn, about an hour and a half north of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any other year, he would have been preparing to seed and flood the crumbled clay. This year, he had to abandon even the one field he’d planned to irrigate from a well; the ground was too thirsty to hold the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia’s water comes from two different irrigation districts with settlement contracts. This year, the roughly 420 acres he farms will see water deliveries either eliminated or too diminished to plant rice. He’ll funnel the water instead to his tenant’s irrigated pasture where cattle graze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without the water, we have dirt. It’s basically worthless,” Garcia said. “It’s very depressing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is one of the main rice producers in the United States, and almost all is grown in the Sacramento Valley. It’s an especially water-demanding crop: The plants and evaporation drink up about two-thirds of the flows; the rest dribbles through the earth to refill groundwater stores or flows back into irrigation ditches that supply other crops, rivers and wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia places some of the blame on the weather. But he also blames federal regulators, who allow water to flow from the reservoirs year-round for fish, wildlife and water quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody says, well, you shouldn’t farm in the desert. Does this look like a desert to you? No. It looks like fertile, beautiful farmland with the most amazing irrigation system that’s ever been put in. And they’re just taking the water from it. They’re creating a desert,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915085\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A large-boned man with brown skin, wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt stands in a field of brown dirt and bleached rice stalks. Behind him is a pale blue sky with whisps of clouds.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mathew Garcia, standing in one of his fallow rice fields in Glenn, says he can't plant anything this year because of reduced water deliveries. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the depths of California’s last historic drought from 2012 through 2016, Garcia could still plant his fields. Even with last year’s reduced water deliveries, he planted — filling the gaps in water supply by pumping from his groundwater wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia will survive this year: He credits his wife’s foresight to purchase crop insurance years ago. Without it, he said, he’d be done — he’d have to sell land, maybe find another job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this drought sustains, I don’t know how long insurance is going to last. And then at what point do you throw in the towel?” said Garcia. “There’s a teetering point somewhere. Everybody’s is different. I don’t know where mine is yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local water suppliers anticipate that about 370,000 acres of cropland will go fallow in the western Sacramento Valley, the result of diminished deliveries to the settlement contractors. Most of those acres lie in Colusa and Glenn counties, where agriculture is the epicenter of the economy. Money and jobs radiate from the fields to the crop dusters and chemical suppliers, rice driers and warehouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, like the water, jobs for farmworkers have dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For nine years, Sergio Cortez has been traveling from Jalisco, Mexico, to work in Sacramento Valley fields. This is the driest he’s ever seen it, and he knows that next year could be worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Aquí el agua es todo, pues,” he said. “Al no haber agua, pues no hay trabajo.” Water is everything, he said. If there’s no water, there’s no work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parking lot at the migrant farmworker housing in Colusa County where Cortez and his family live for part of the year was full of cars and pickups that would normally be parked at the fields. Cortez hadn’t worked in two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Adolfo Morales Martinez, 74, it had been a month since he worked. And, at the end of April, his unemployment benefits were about to end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Desesperados. Estamos desesperados,” he said. “Pues en el campo gana uno poquito, no? Y sin nada? No mas.” We’re desperate, he said. In the fields, he can earn a little. But now, nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Normally Morales Martinez drives a tractor, readying rice fields for planting. Now it’s like a desert, his wife, Alma Galavez, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eso está desértico, vea. Todo. Nada, nada. Está feo y triste,” she said. There’s nothing. It’s ugly and sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Extreme effects on salmon and birds, too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Environmental advocates and California tribes have been fighting the growers’ and irrigation districts’ claim to California’s finite water supply for years, citing inadequate water to maintain water quality and temperatures for endangered fish and the Sacramento Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who have built their farms in the desert, or in areas where their water has to be exported to them, need to think about changing. Because that’s what’s killing the state,” said Caleen Sisk, chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, whose lands were flooded with the damming of Lake Shasta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Sisk, the salmon that once spawned in the tributaries above the Central Valley signal the region’s health. “If there are no salmon, there will be no people soon,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal scientists estimate that last year about three-quarters of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon eggs died because the water downstream of a depleted Lake Shasta was too warm. Only about 3% of the salmon ultimately survived to migrate downriver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been clear for decades that there was a need to reduce diversions,” said Doug Obegi, senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The consequences are just becoming more and more extreme.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, California sued the Trump administration over what it said were flawed federal assessments for how the Central Valley Project’s operations harm endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge sent the federal plans back for more work and approved what he called a “reasonable interim approach“ that called for prioritizing fish and public safety over irrigation districts. He called the contracts an “800-pound gorilla” and said they “make it exceedingly and increasingly difficult” for the federal government to be “sufficiently protective of winter-run [salmon].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson Gary Pitzer said the agency worked with the districts to reach an agreement on how much water to deliver because “it’s the right thing to do, particularly during drought — one of the worst on record.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental advocacy groups applauded the reduced allocations to the Sacramento Valley irrigation districts. But they also raised concerns that other irrigation districts with similar contracts elsewhere in the state would still see their full dry-year allocations, and cautioned that the temperatures will still kill salmon by the scores this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife refuges where birds can rest and eat during their 4,000-mile winter journeys along the Pacific Flyway also are receiving significantly less water this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis McCasland, manager of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, expects less than half a typical year’s water supply to be delivered to the refuges this year — cobbled together from purchased water supplies, federal deliveries and, he hopes, storm flows this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North of Sacramento, the five refuges in the complex are painstakingly tended wilderness in a sea of agriculture. More than a century ago, wetlands fanned out for miles on either side of the flood-prone Sacramento River. Now, more than 90% of the state’s wetlands are gone, drained for fields, homes and businesses. Those remaining in these refuges now depend on water flowing from Shasta Dam and shunted through irrigation canals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of April, the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge offered an oasis among the barren rice fields, which normally provide about two-thirds of the migrating bird’s calories. Dark green bulrushes rose from shallow ponds where shorebirds jackhammered their bills in and out of the muck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dark water grasses looking black in a fading sun frame an image of pale blue water. An American bittern, a bird with a long neck and pointed beak, looks up toward the sky.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An American bittern feeds at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on April 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCasland knows all this lush green can’t last. As he steered an SUV past black-necked stilts picking their way through the water and ducklings paddling ferociously, he talked of bracing for another dry year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of being those postage stamps in a sea of rice, we’re going to be postage stamps in a sea of fallow fields,” McCasland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a typical year, the refuge wetlands that depend on federal water get much less water than the settlement contractors are entitled to — about 4% of the total, McCasland estimates. And he worries that this year, whatever water they do receive won’t be enough to keep all these birds fed and healthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a million birds descend on the refuges every winter to rest and find food. More stop in the surrounding rice fields, which are largely dry this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In years where Shasta is at a normal or average level, it should be no problem to get us the water,” he said. “In years like this, certainly it’s going to be terribly difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drought may already have taken a toll. Last November, only 745,000 birds landed in the refuge, a decrease of more than 700,000 from November of 2019, although some may have remained farther north because of unseasonably balmy weather there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refuges are like a farm, where McCasland and his colleagues carefully cultivate tule, shrubs and grasses with pulses of summertime irrigations. With less water this summer, these wintertime food sources for birds will dry and shrivel. And with less water during the peak of fall and winter migrations, hungry birds will be packed together in the few remaining marshes — raising the risk of outbreaks from diseases like avian botulism or cholera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a lot of places for these birds to go,” McCasland said. “The Sacramento Valley has always been the bankable piece. ... They do have wings, they may be able to move through.” But, he added, “the question is, what happens next?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters Photo Editor Miguel Gutierrez contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1653614010,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":78,"wordCount":3362},"headData":{"title":"Severe Drought in Sacramento Valley Slams Farmers, Salmon and Migratory Birds | KQED","description":"Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11914993 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11914993","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/05/26/severe-drought-in-sacramento-valley-slams-farmers-salmon-and-migratory-birds/","disqusTitle":"Severe Drought in Sacramento Valley Slams Farmers, Salmon and Migratory Birds","source":"CalMatters","nprByline":"Rachel Becker","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11914993/severe-drought-in-sacramento-valley-slams-farmers-salmon-and-migratory-birds","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Standing on the grassy plateau where water is piped onto his property, Josh Davy wished his feet were wet and his irrigation ditch full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years ago, when he sank everything he had into 66 acres of irrigated pasture in Shasta County, Davy thought he’d drought-proofed his cattle operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’d been banking on the Sacramento Valley’s water supply, which was guaranteed even during the deepest of droughts almost 60 years ago, when irrigation districts up and down the valley cut a deal with the federal government. Buying this land was his insurance against droughts expected to intensify with climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this spring, for the first time ever, no water is flowing through his pipes and canals or those of his neighbors: The district won’t be delivering any water to Davy or any of its roughly 800 other customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Without the water, we have dirt. It's basically worthless.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","citation":"Mathew Garcia, rice farmer, Glenn County","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without rain for rangeland grass where his cows forage in the winter, or water to irrigate his pasture, he will probably have to sell at least half the cows he’s raised for breeding and sell all his calves a season early. Davy expects to lose money this year — more than $120,000, he guesses, and if it happens again next year, he won’t be able to pay his bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would never have bought [this land] if I had known it wasn’t going to get water. Not when you pay the price you pay for it,” he said. “If this is a one-time fluke, I’ll suck it up and be fine. But I don’t have another year in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 1964, the water supply of the western Sacramento Valley has been virtually guaranteed, even during critically dry years, the result of an arcane water rights system and legal agreements underlying operations of the Central Valley Project, the federal government’s massive water management system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as California weathers a third year of drought, conditions have grown so dry and reservoirs gotten so low that the valley’s landowners and irrigation districts are being forced to give up more water than ever before. Now, this region, which has relied on the largest portion of federally managed water flowing from Lake Shasta, is wrestling with what to do as its deal with the federal government no longer protects them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915001\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"An irrigation canal runs straight down the middle of the photo; the canal is filled with green grasses and brush, but no water. A thin strip of dark blue mountains is in the distance.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Drought-Cattle-Ranching-MG-CM-16.jpg.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An irrigation canal on Davy’s pasture in Shasta County is bone-dry on April 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All relying on the lake’s supplies will make sacrifices: Many are struggling to keep their cattle and crops. Refuges for wildlife also will have to cope with less water from Lake Shasta, endangering migratory birds. And the eggs of endangered salmon that depend on cold water released from Shasta Dam are expected to die by the millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, water wars have pitted growers and ranchers against nature, north against south. But in this new California, where everyone is suffering, no one is guaranteed anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, when one person wins, everybody loses,” Davy said. “And we don’t actually solve the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Portioning out the river's precious water\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This parched valley was once a land of floods, regularly inundated when the Sacramento River overflowed to turn grasslands and riverbank forests into a vast, seasonal lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colonizers who flooded into California on the tide of the Gold Rush of 1849 staked their claims to the river’s flow with notices posted to trees in a system of “first in time, first in right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The river was corralled by levees, the region replumbed with drainage ditches and irrigation canals. Grasslands and swamps lush with tules turned to ranches and wheat fields, then to orchards, irrigated pasture and rice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government took over in the 1930s, when it began building the Central Valley Project’s Shasta Dam, which displaced the Winnemem Wintu people. A 20-year negotiation between water rights holders — the colonizers, who comprised miners, landowners and irrigation districts — and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation culminated in a deal in 1964.\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11915076\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-800x1090.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-800x1090.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-1020x1390.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic-160x218.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-water-graphic.png 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, under the agreements, which were renewed in 2005, nearly 150 landowners and irrigation districts that supply almost half a million acres of agriculture in the western Sacramento Valley are entitled to receive about three times more water than Los Angeles and San Francisco use in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a controversial amount in the parched state. Before this year, the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors, as they’re called, received the largest portion of the federally managed supply of water that flows from Shasta Lake. It’s more than cities receive, more than wildlife refuges, more even than other powerful agricultural suppliers like the Westlands Water District farther south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their contract bars the irrigation districts’ supply from being cut by more than a quarter in critically dry years. During the last drought in 2014, federal efforts to cut it to 40% of the contracted amount were met with resistance, and deliveries ultimately increased to the full 75% allocation for the dry year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, facing exceptionally dry conditions, the irrigation districts negotiated with state and federal agencies, and agreed in March to reduce their water deliveries to 18%. Other agricultural suppliers with less senior rights are set to get nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Urban water use statewide increased 18.9 percent between March 2020 and 2022.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"small","citation":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-drought-monitor/\">CalMatters California Water and Drought Tracker\u003c/a>","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Growers understand that they have to sacrifice some water this year, said Thaddeus Bettner, general manager for Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, the largest of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors and one of the largest irrigation districts in the state. But he wondered why irrigation districts in the western Sacramento Valley draw so much of the blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand we’re bigger than everybody so we catch the focus,” Bettner said. “We’re just trying to survive this year. Frankly, it’s just complete devastation up here. And it’s unfortunate that the view seems to be that we should get hurt even more to save fish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cutting deliveries to growers means that more water can flow through the rivers, which slightly raises the chances for more endangered winter-run Chinook salmon to survive this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had the water rights to take 75% of their allocation instead of 18%, and we were anticipating another total bust,” said Howard Brown, senior policy advisor with NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region. “One hundred percent temperature-dependent mortality [of salmon eggs] would not have been something out of reason to imagine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet more than half the eggs of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon are expected to die this year, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A steep embankment of brown dirt and clay borders Shasta Lake in April 2022, showing low water levels. A border of thick trees runs along the top of the brown embankment. Houseboats float at a pier.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-Shasta-Lake.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low water levels at Shasta Lake on April 25, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State and federal biologists are racing to move some of the adult salmon to a cooler tributary of the Sacramento River and a hatchery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re spreading the risk around, and putting our eggs in different baskets,” Brown said. “The animal that’s on the flag of California is extinct. How many can we afford to lose before we lose our identity as people and as citizens of California?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>'Nothing like I thought I'd ever see' in the Sacramento Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In any other year, Davy would run his cattle on rain-fed rangeland he leases in Tehama County until late spring before moving the herd to his home pasture, kept green and lush with spring and summer irrigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davy, who grew up roping and running cattle, supports his career as a full-time rancher with his other full-time job as a farm adviser with the University of California Cooperative Extension, specializing in livestock, rangelands and natural resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years ago, he sold his home in Cottonwood, on the Shasta-Tehama county line, for a fixer-upper nearby with holes in the floor, a shoddy electrical system and windows that wouldn’t close. This fixer-upper had two inarguable selling points: a view of Mount Shasta, and water from the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, a settlement contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, without rain, the grass where his cows forage through the winter crunches underfoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This grass should be up to my waist right now,” Davy said, readying a chute he would soon use to transport his cattle. He unloaded hay from his pickup to feed the cows and calves until he could move them — unheard of, he said, in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"About a dozen black, brown and tan cows feed on bales of , against a blurred backdrop of gray-green trees.ay. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-cattle.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cattle feed on hay in Tehama County. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Forty miles away, his pasture, green from the April rains, is faring a little better — but the green can’t last without irrigation. Thinking about it too hard makes Davy feel sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I try to stick to what I can get done today, and then assume next year I’ll be OK. I think that’s the mantra for agriculture: Next year will be better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 75 miles south of Davy’s ranch, rangeland and irrigated pastures open up to orchards and thousands of acres of empty rice fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing like I thought I’d ever see,” said Mathew Garcia, gazing at one of his dry rice fields in Glenn, about an hour and a half north of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any other year, he would have been preparing to seed and flood the crumbled clay. This year, he had to abandon even the one field he’d planned to irrigate from a well; the ground was too thirsty to hold the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia’s water comes from two different irrigation districts with settlement contracts. This year, the roughly 420 acres he farms will see water deliveries either eliminated or too diminished to plant rice. He’ll funnel the water instead to his tenant’s irrigated pasture where cattle graze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without the water, we have dirt. It’s basically worthless,” Garcia said. “It’s very depressing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is one of the main rice producers in the United States, and almost all is grown in the Sacramento Valley. It’s an especially water-demanding crop: The plants and evaporation drink up about two-thirds of the flows; the rest dribbles through the earth to refill groundwater stores or flows back into irrigation ditches that supply other crops, rivers and wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia places some of the blame on the weather. But he also blames federal regulators, who allow water to flow from the reservoirs year-round for fish, wildlife and water quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody says, well, you shouldn’t farm in the desert. Does this look like a desert to you? No. It looks like fertile, beautiful farmland with the most amazing irrigation system that’s ever been put in. And they’re just taking the water from it. They’re creating a desert,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915085\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A large-boned man with brown skin, wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt stands in a field of brown dirt and bleached rice stalks. Behind him is a pale blue sky with whisps of clouds.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-farmer-in-field.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mathew Garcia, standing in one of his fallow rice fields in Glenn, says he can't plant anything this year because of reduced water deliveries. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the depths of California’s last historic drought from 2012 through 2016, Garcia could still plant his fields. Even with last year’s reduced water deliveries, he planted — filling the gaps in water supply by pumping from his groundwater wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia will survive this year: He credits his wife’s foresight to purchase crop insurance years ago. Without it, he said, he’d be done — he’d have to sell land, maybe find another job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this drought sustains, I don’t know how long insurance is going to last. And then at what point do you throw in the towel?” said Garcia. “There’s a teetering point somewhere. Everybody’s is different. I don’t know where mine is yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local water suppliers anticipate that about 370,000 acres of cropland will go fallow in the western Sacramento Valley, the result of diminished deliveries to the settlement contractors. Most of those acres lie in Colusa and Glenn counties, where agriculture is the epicenter of the economy. Money and jobs radiate from the fields to the crop dusters and chemical suppliers, rice driers and warehouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, like the water, jobs for farmworkers have dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For nine years, Sergio Cortez has been traveling from Jalisco, Mexico, to work in Sacramento Valley fields. This is the driest he’s ever seen it, and he knows that next year could be worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Aquí el agua es todo, pues,” he said. “Al no haber agua, pues no hay trabajo.” Water is everything, he said. If there’s no water, there’s no work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parking lot at the migrant farmworker housing in Colusa County where Cortez and his family live for part of the year was full of cars and pickups that would normally be parked at the fields. Cortez hadn’t worked in two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Adolfo Morales Martinez, 74, it had been a month since he worked. And, at the end of April, his unemployment benefits were about to end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Desesperados. Estamos desesperados,” he said. “Pues en el campo gana uno poquito, no? Y sin nada? No mas.” We’re desperate, he said. In the fields, he can earn a little. But now, nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Normally Morales Martinez drives a tractor, readying rice fields for planting. Now it’s like a desert, his wife, Alma Galavez, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eso está desértico, vea. Todo. Nada, nada. Está feo y triste,” she said. There’s nothing. It’s ugly and sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Extreme effects on salmon and birds, too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Environmental advocates and California tribes have been fighting the growers’ and irrigation districts’ claim to California’s finite water supply for years, citing inadequate water to maintain water quality and temperatures for endangered fish and the Sacramento Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who have built their farms in the desert, or in areas where their water has to be exported to them, need to think about changing. Because that’s what’s killing the state,” said Caleen Sisk, chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, whose lands were flooded with the damming of Lake Shasta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Sisk, the salmon that once spawned in the tributaries above the Central Valley signal the region’s health. “If there are no salmon, there will be no people soon,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal scientists estimate that last year about three-quarters of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon eggs died because the water downstream of a depleted Lake Shasta was too warm. Only about 3% of the salmon ultimately survived to migrate downriver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been clear for decades that there was a need to reduce diversions,” said Doug Obegi, senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The consequences are just becoming more and more extreme.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, California sued the Trump administration over what it said were flawed federal assessments for how the Central Valley Project’s operations harm endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge sent the federal plans back for more work and approved what he called a “reasonable interim approach“ that called for prioritizing fish and public safety over irrigation districts. He called the contracts an “800-pound gorilla” and said they “make it exceedingly and increasingly difficult” for the federal government to be “sufficiently protective of winter-run [salmon].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson Gary Pitzer said the agency worked with the districts to reach an agreement on how much water to deliver because “it’s the right thing to do, particularly during drought — one of the worst on record.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental advocacy groups applauded the reduced allocations to the Sacramento Valley irrigation districts. But they also raised concerns that other irrigation districts with similar contracts elsewhere in the state would still see their full dry-year allocations, and cautioned that the temperatures will still kill salmon by the scores this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife refuges where birds can rest and eat during their 4,000-mile winter journeys along the Pacific Flyway also are receiving significantly less water this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis McCasland, manager of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, expects less than half a typical year’s water supply to be delivered to the refuges this year — cobbled together from purchased water supplies, federal deliveries and, he hopes, storm flows this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North of Sacramento, the five refuges in the complex are painstakingly tended wilderness in a sea of agriculture. More than a century ago, wetlands fanned out for miles on either side of the flood-prone Sacramento River. Now, more than 90% of the state’s wetlands are gone, drained for fields, homes and businesses. Those remaining in these refuges now depend on water flowing from Shasta Dam and shunted through irrigation canals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of April, the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge offered an oasis among the barren rice fields, which normally provide about two-thirds of the migrating bird’s calories. Dark green bulrushes rose from shallow ponds where shorebirds jackhammered their bills in and out of the muck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11915087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11915087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dark water grasses looking black in a fading sun frame an image of pale blue water. An American bittern, a bird with a long neck and pointed beak, looks up toward the sky.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/CalMatters-bittern.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An American bittern feeds at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on April 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCasland knows all this lush green can’t last. As he steered an SUV past black-necked stilts picking their way through the water and ducklings paddling ferociously, he talked of bracing for another dry year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of being those postage stamps in a sea of rice, we’re going to be postage stamps in a sea of fallow fields,” McCasland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a typical year, the refuge wetlands that depend on federal water get much less water than the settlement contractors are entitled to — about 4% of the total, McCasland estimates. And he worries that this year, whatever water they do receive won’t be enough to keep all these birds fed and healthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a million birds descend on the refuges every winter to rest and find food. More stop in the surrounding rice fields, which are largely dry this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In years where Shasta is at a normal or average level, it should be no problem to get us the water,” he said. “In years like this, certainly it’s going to be terribly difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drought may already have taken a toll. Last November, only 745,000 birds landed in the refuge, a decrease of more than 700,000 from November of 2019, although some may have remained farther north because of unseasonably balmy weather there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refuges are like a farm, where McCasland and his colleagues carefully cultivate tule, shrubs and grasses with pulses of summertime irrigations. With less water this summer, these wintertime food sources for birds will dry and shrivel. And with less water during the peak of fall and winter migrations, hungry birds will be packed together in the few remaining marshes — raising the risk of outbreaks from diseases like avian botulism or cholera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a lot of places for these birds to go,” McCasland said. “The Sacramento Valley has always been the bankable piece. ... They do have wings, they may be able to move through.” But, he added, “the question is, what happens next?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters Photo Editor Miguel Gutierrez contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11914993/severe-drought-in-sacramento-valley-slams-farmers-salmon-and-migratory-birds","authors":["byline_news_11914993"],"categories":["news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_20447","news_19204","news_28199","news_483"],"featImg":"news_11914998","label":"source_news_11914993"},"news_11912419":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11912419","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11912419","score":null,"sort":[1651106606000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-water-restrictions-ordered-for-1-4-million-east-bay-residents-amid-ongoing-drought-conditions","title":"New Water Restrictions Ordered for 1.4 Million East Bay Residents, Amid Ongoing Drought Conditions","publishDate":1651106606,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The East Bay Municipal Utility District's board on Tuesday approved a district-wide reduction in water use, citing an unusually dry winter and ongoing drought conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 6-1 vote, the board declared a stage 2 drought emergency, aiming to cut total water use by 10% over 2020 rates. The measure, which takes effect immediately, also reinstates an excessive-use penalty and imposes new outdoor water-use restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"california-drought\"]\"Despite a strong rainy start in October and December, the dry winter has compelled us to move into our next phase of action to ensure we have adequate supplies in case the drought continues next year,\" EBMUD Board President Douglas Linney said in a statement. Linney, who was the sole dissenting vote on the board, had pushed for an even higher water-reduction goal, of 15%. The board narrowly rejected that target, amid concerns over lost water sales, but said it would revisit upping the goal in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EBMUD's seven reservoirs are currently 71% full and not expected to fully replenish when snow melts off the Sierra Nevada into the Mokelumne River Watershed, the agency said, referring to the primary source of drinking water for its roughly 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The excessive-use penalty will only be charged to households that use more than 1,646 gallons per day, and the board said it will affect fewer than 2% of its customers. After one warning, households will be charged $2 for every 748 gallons they use above the penalty threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, outdoor watering is now limited to three times per week, while hosing down sidewalks and driveways is prohibited. Cafes and restaurants now can only provide drinking water upon request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is implementing the new conservation order a year after it asked customers to voluntarily conserve water. The mandate falls in line with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/03/newsom-imposes-new-california-water-restrictions-leaves-details-to-locals/\">an executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> last month requiring water agencies across the state to move to stage 2 — out of six stages — of their independent drought plans. That order was imposed after the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11908387/amid-ongoing-drought-californians-are-actually-using-more-water-are-mandatory-cutbacks-in-the-pipeline\">fell far short\u003c/a> of a 15% voluntary reduction in water use, as Newsom had asked for last July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11912460\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 596px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11912460 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1.jpg\" alt=\"A map of the East Bay and its reservoirs.\" width=\"596\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1.jpg 596w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1-160x157.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Bay Municipal Utility District's service area. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of EBMUD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The board also said it will vote next month on imposing a new drought surcharge of about $0.10 a day on each customer's bill to cover the costs of buying supplemental water supplies and other drought-related expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EMBUD's move comes as California's severe drought stretches into a third hot, dry summer, with reservoirs shrinking across the state and the Sierra snowpack — the source of almost a third of the state's water supply — \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">at roughly 35% of its historical average\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, the gargantuan Metropolitan Water District of Southern California also took the unprecedented step of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-water-shortages-california-colorado-river-71b47b27bcbf73658b10bf131817d6ec\">requiring about 6 million of its customers\u003c/a> in mostly urban areas of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties to reduce outdoor watering to just one day a week. Declaring a water shortage emergency, the board is requiring some of the cities and agencies it supplies with water to enforce the cutback starting June 1, or face hefty fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have enough water supplies right now to meet normal demand. The water is not there,” district spokesperson Rebecca Kimitch said. “This is unprecedented territory. We've never done anything like this before.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from Bay City News and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The East Bay Municipal Utility District's board on Tuesday approved a 10% district-wide reduction in water use, citing an unusually dry winter.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1651171328,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":604},"headData":{"title":"New Water Restrictions Ordered for 1.4 Million East Bay Residents, Amid Ongoing Drought Conditions | KQED","description":"The East Bay Municipal Utility District's board on Tuesday approved a 10% district-wide reduction in water use, citing an unusually dry winter.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11912419 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11912419","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/04/27/new-water-restrictions-ordered-for-1-4-million-east-bay-residents-amid-ongoing-drought-conditions/","disqusTitle":"New Water Restrictions Ordered for 1.4 Million East Bay Residents, Amid Ongoing Drought Conditions","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11912419/new-water-restrictions-ordered-for-1-4-million-east-bay-residents-amid-ongoing-drought-conditions","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The East Bay Municipal Utility District's board on Tuesday approved a district-wide reduction in water use, citing an unusually dry winter and ongoing drought conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 6-1 vote, the board declared a stage 2 drought emergency, aiming to cut total water use by 10% over 2020 rates. The measure, which takes effect immediately, also reinstates an excessive-use penalty and imposes new outdoor water-use restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"california-drought"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"Despite a strong rainy start in October and December, the dry winter has compelled us to move into our next phase of action to ensure we have adequate supplies in case the drought continues next year,\" EBMUD Board President Douglas Linney said in a statement. Linney, who was the sole dissenting vote on the board, had pushed for an even higher water-reduction goal, of 15%. The board narrowly rejected that target, amid concerns over lost water sales, but said it would revisit upping the goal in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EBMUD's seven reservoirs are currently 71% full and not expected to fully replenish when snow melts off the Sierra Nevada into the Mokelumne River Watershed, the agency said, referring to the primary source of drinking water for its roughly 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The excessive-use penalty will only be charged to households that use more than 1,646 gallons per day, and the board said it will affect fewer than 2% of its customers. After one warning, households will be charged $2 for every 748 gallons they use above the penalty threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, outdoor watering is now limited to three times per week, while hosing down sidewalks and driveways is prohibited. Cafes and restaurants now can only provide drinking water upon request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is implementing the new conservation order a year after it asked customers to voluntarily conserve water. The mandate falls in line with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/03/newsom-imposes-new-california-water-restrictions-leaves-details-to-locals/\">an executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> last month requiring water agencies across the state to move to stage 2 — out of six stages — of their independent drought plans. That order was imposed after the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11908387/amid-ongoing-drought-californians-are-actually-using-more-water-are-mandatory-cutbacks-in-the-pipeline\">fell far short\u003c/a> of a 15% voluntary reduction in water use, as Newsom had asked for last July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11912460\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 596px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11912460 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1.jpg\" alt=\"A map of the East Bay and its reservoirs.\" width=\"596\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1.jpg 596w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/East-Bay-MUD-service-area-1-160x157.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Bay Municipal Utility District's service area. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of EBMUD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The board also said it will vote next month on imposing a new drought surcharge of about $0.10 a day on each customer's bill to cover the costs of buying supplemental water supplies and other drought-related expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EMBUD's move comes as California's severe drought stretches into a third hot, dry summer, with reservoirs shrinking across the state and the Sierra snowpack — the source of almost a third of the state's water supply — \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">at roughly 35% of its historical average\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, the gargantuan Metropolitan Water District of Southern California also took the unprecedented step of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-water-shortages-california-colorado-river-71b47b27bcbf73658b10bf131817d6ec\">requiring about 6 million of its customers\u003c/a> in mostly urban areas of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties to reduce outdoor watering to just one day a week. Declaring a water shortage emergency, the board is requiring some of the cities and agencies it supplies with water to enforce the cutback starting June 1, or face hefty fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have enough water supplies right now to meet normal demand. The water is not there,” district spokesperson Rebecca Kimitch said. “This is unprecedented territory. 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