Russian River Water Update, 7/3/23
Reservoir Storage & Operations:
Water supply information provided by Sonoma Water (more info here).
Russian River Water Forum Updates
https://russianriverwaterforum.org/
Sustainable Groundwater Management
A new report details these shortcomings and provides recommendations on how to better prepare our groundwater basins across the state: The Nature Conservancy: Data Finds Most California Groundwater Sustainability Plans Fail to Protect Vulnerable Communities and the Environment, 6/29/23
Check out the Department of Water Resources report Alignment & Coordination: Water Shortage Planning for Rural Communities and Sustainable Groundwater Management published in March of 2023. The Report identifies opportunities and encourages counties and groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to align and coordinate their respective responsibilities for drought and water shortage planning efforts for rural communities under Senate Bill (SB) 552 and the long-term sustainability goals of groundwater basins under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). More on SGMA: CA Dept of Water Resources: Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) The Mendocino County Russian River Flood Control & Water Conservation Improvement District is a member of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
Image from Stanford Water in the West, Groundwater Data in the SGMA Context Presentation 1/29/16
In the press:
- Abacela Weather, Climate Summary, and Forecast for July 2023
- Press Democrat: For first time in 4 years, dam is up at Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach in Sonoma County, 6/29/23
- NPR - Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo, 6/28/23
- PPIC: Saving Steelhead—and Stitching a Community Back Together 6/28/23
- CalMatters: Building California: How will the infrastructure deal affect development, wildlife?, 6/29/23
- Senator Padilla Introduces Bill to Bolster Atmospheric River Forecasting, 6/29/23
- Alta: The Next Great California Flood, 6/25/23
- Public Radio: https://www.kcbx.org/environment-and-energy/2023-06-21/new-state-policy-recognizes-ecological-benefits-of-beavers-promotes-coexistence, 6/21/23
- Times Standard: Eel River restoration project wraps up, 6/27/23
- Cision: Save Our Water Campaign Launches Innovative Partnership to Bring Together Local Water Agencies, the State and Business to Educate Fairgoers on Outdoor Water Conservation, 6/27/23
- Muni Sewer & Water: Young Innovators From 78 Countries Develop New Solutions to World’s Water Challenges, 6/28/23
- RR Watershed Association: Gardening for the Good Bugs, 7/1/23