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Related: About this forumCalifornia snowpack at drought-busting level, water managers say
PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. -- Clambering through a snowy meadow with drifts up to the tree branches, Californias water managers measured the states vital Sierra Nevada snowpack Thursday at a drought-busting and welcome 173 percent of average.
Runoff from the overall Sierra snowpack, which provides arid California with a third of its water in a good year, stood at the highest level since 1995 for this point in the year, Californias Department of Water Resources said.
State officials say Gov. Jerry Brown will wait until closer to the end of Californias rain and snow season this spring to decide whether to lift an emergency declaration addressing the devastating five-year drought.
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Back-to-back-to-back storms in January that each dropped a hurricanes worth of water have put the state at 108 percent of its normal rain and snow for the whole year, said Michael Dettinger, a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. Thats with two months still left in the rainy season.
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Runoff from the overall Sierra snowpack, which provides arid California with a third of its water in a good year, stood at the highest level since 1995 for this point in the year, Californias Department of Water Resources said.
State officials say Gov. Jerry Brown will wait until closer to the end of Californias rain and snow season this spring to decide whether to lift an emergency declaration addressing the devastating five-year drought.
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Back-to-back-to-back storms in January that each dropped a hurricanes worth of water have put the state at 108 percent of its normal rain and snow for the whole year, said Michael Dettinger, a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. Thats with two months still left in the rainy season.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-snowpack-drought-busting-level-water-managers/
That's a bit of good news. Hopefully we can get more, and keep it frozen in the mountains through spring, so we can start our summer with brimming reservoirs...
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California snowpack at drought-busting level, water managers say (Original Post)
petronius
Feb 2017
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Almost double normal seasonal rainfall so far this season in San Luis Obispo, CA
Piedras
Feb 2017
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CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)1. Oh good. More water for Nestle.
Court Gives Nestlé Green Light To Continue Bottling Water From National Forest
When Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe was asked if he believes water is a human right he said that, Yes, water is a human right, but water isnt free. Apparently, if you are a mega-corporation like Nestlé, it comes pretty darned close.
By Christina Sarich | Underground Reporter | October 11, 2016
http://www.mintpressnews.com/court-gives-nestle-green-light-continue-bottling-water-national-forest/221313/
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California A California federal judge just gave Nestlé the go ahead to continue stealing water from the San Bernardino National Forest.
Nestlé has become infamous for trying to privatize water from over 50 springs throughout the United States, though residents in the small towns they monopolize have tried fighting back.
In a recent turn for the worse, a federal judge in California just gave the corporation permission to continue drawing water from the San Bernardino National Forest despite holding a permit that expired in 1988.
Activists were hopeful, that on at least one accession, they could stop Nestlé from taking water from drought-stricken California. The Courage Campaign Institute (CCI), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Story of Stuff Project (SSP) launched a lawsuit in 2015 against the U.S. Forest Service for allowing Nestlé to keep drawing water.
When Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe was asked if he believes water is a human right he said that, Yes, water is a human right, but water isnt free. Apparently, if you are a mega-corporation like Nestlé, it comes pretty darned close.
By Christina Sarich | Underground Reporter | October 11, 2016
http://www.mintpressnews.com/court-gives-nestle-green-light-continue-bottling-water-national-forest/221313/
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California A California federal judge just gave Nestlé the go ahead to continue stealing water from the San Bernardino National Forest.
Nestlé has become infamous for trying to privatize water from over 50 springs throughout the United States, though residents in the small towns they monopolize have tried fighting back.
In a recent turn for the worse, a federal judge in California just gave the corporation permission to continue drawing water from the San Bernardino National Forest despite holding a permit that expired in 1988.
Activists were hopeful, that on at least one accession, they could stop Nestlé from taking water from drought-stricken California. The Courage Campaign Institute (CCI), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Story of Stuff Project (SSP) launched a lawsuit in 2015 against the U.S. Forest Service for allowing Nestlé to keep drawing water.
That last sentence is really disappointing! Think what they will do now with Trump picks in charge.
braddy
(3,585 posts)2. It has sure been a relieving winter so far, as far as rain and snow.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)3. More rain in LA today
And looks like more snow in the Sierras.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)4. Yes indeed. And more forecast for Monday!
Silver Gaia
(4,544 posts)5. Awesome! Loving it!
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)6. Meanwhile, the drought continues in California's Central Coast regions
I understand groundwater has been severely impacted (especially in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties), and it could take two or three more winters like this one to just begin recharging the aquifers in the Central Coast regions.
Piedras
(247 posts)7. Almost double normal seasonal rainfall so far this season in San Luis Obispo, CA
sloweather.com is reporting that San Luis Obispo, CA on the California Central Coast has received nearly twice as much rainfall as normal so far this season.
Local lakes and reservoirs are rapidly filling. Lake Nacimiento is 81% full and has begun releasing water to preserve room for flood control. http://www.mcwra.co.monterey.ca.us/reservoir_data/documents/ReservoirData.pdf
Rainfall for Today 0.62 in
Season Total Rainfall 24.26 in= 184.2%
(July 1 - June 30)
Local lakes and reservoirs are rapidly filling. Lake Nacimiento is 81% full and has begun releasing water to preserve room for flood control. http://www.mcwra.co.monterey.ca.us/reservoir_data/documents/ReservoirData.pdf
Tikki
(14,557 posts)8. We are going to be at Lake Cachuma in early April...will get an 'after' picture to share...
We were nearby in January but it was raining too hard, really truly hard, to get a decent picture.
Tikki