• By Christine Souza •
With very little water to spare this drought year, water districts struggling with limited or no supplies look to their counterparts in other districts to negotiate water transfers to add whatever flexibility they can.
Districts on...
The Department of Water Resources conducted the fourth snow survey at the Phillips Station snow course April 1. The manual survey recorded 49.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 21 inches, which is 83% of...
Based on below-average statewide snowpack, the Bureau of Reclamation recently announced reduced water allocations for nearly all Central Valley Project water contractors. Deliveries could change depending on precipitation received during the next few months, said Ernest Conant, Reclamation regional...
The California Department of Water Resources Feb. 3 conducted the second manual snow survey of the season at Phillips Station about 22 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, California.
The manual survey recorded 63 inches of snow depth and a...
The California Department of Water Resources conducted the first Phillips Station snow survey of the season Dec. 30. The manual survey recorded 30.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 10.5 inches, which is 93% of...
• By Ching Lee •
Ideal planting conditions should have allowed rice farmers throughout the Sacramento Valley plenty of time to prepare and seed their fields this spring, But short supplies of a liquid fertilizer have slowed their progress, leaving...
• By Bruce Linquist •
In the past few weeks, we have been getting updates from someNorthern California irrigation districts that water allocations have been reduced in some areas. We have provided some information in past years that will still...
Despite storms that dumped several inches of snow on the Sierra Nevada over March, California's snowpack only remains slightly more than half of average. That's important because it supplies about 30% of California’s annual water needs as it melts...
The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced the initial 2020 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project contractors within California. Allocation amounts are based on an estimate of water available for delivery to CVP water users and reflects current reservoir...
After review of projected monitoring and reporting costs along with fees for the state's rice waste discharge requirements, the California Rice Commission board decided in December to begin the process for an industry vote to increase the assessment cap.
Currently,...
The Bureau of Reclamation announced initial water allocations for Central Valley Project water contractors. As the season progresses, the bureau may change the amount of water delivered.
The initial allocation as based on conservative estimates of the amount of water...
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