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California trucks salmon to Pacific; low river levels blamed
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San Francisco water agencies ask residents to reduce use by 10%, banning car washes and fountains
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Persistent dry conditions in the Mokelumne River watershed in the Sierra Nevada may prompt the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board of Directors on Tuesday to declare a Stage 1 drought and establish a voluntary water use reduction goal of ten percent district-wide.
EBMUD’s drought-response plan also proposes to purchase supplemental water supplies from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project and divert water from the Freeport Regional Water Project in Sacramento, among other measures.
“To date, 2021 has been the second driest year on record in the Mokelumne River basin and the driest year on record for the East Bay,” according to EBMUD.
The Trinity River. | Reader submitted photo
The largest water release of the season is scheduled to happen at the Lewiston Dam on Wednesday, bringing a surge of cold, treacherous water to the Trinity River.
The release is a response to the “Critically Dry” Water Year forecasted for the Trinity River by the California Department of Water Resources based on recorded natural flow volume at the Lewiston Dam, the Trinity River Restoration Program reports. These “restoration flows” are done to prevent the further decline of the river’s salmon and steelhead populations.
A graphic of scheduled Trinity River flows | Trinity River Restoration Program.
Think about it. According to experts, if a 7.8M
W earthquake (on the Richter scale) struck California’s San Andreas Fault in such a way that it compromised that state’s 2,600-mile network of levees, the result would dwarf the destruction seen after the Aug. 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster.
In an April 22, 2011 article, Boonsri Dickinson wrote, “The disaster could induce liquefaction by turning sand into quicksand and causing the levees to sink.” Similar to what occurred following Japan’s Fukushima tsunami, billions of gallons of water would flood out across farmland, highways, railroads, power distribution centers and major metropolitan areas.
These levees, with some sections being over 100 years old, represent a microcosm of America’s aging and neglected infrastructure system. Lester Snow, director of California’s Department of Water Resources, called these levees “a ticking time bomb.” If destroyed, analysts predict that two-thirds of Golden State residen
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