Tag: California drought
California Water Officials Report a Good Start in First Snowpack Survey of the Year
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released their first snowpack survey of the year on Thursday, finding that the statewide snowpack is currently just above average at 108% in the state. However, California’s reservoirs are at 121% of average....
Trump Says He Will Withhold Disaster Money From California Unless State Renegs On Water Usage Rules
Speaking from the Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday, former President Donald Trump said that, if elected, he would withhold federal disaster money from California until Governor Gavin Newsom allows more water to go to farmlands...
Big Bear Lake Water Levels Reach Highest Levels Since 2012
New data released from the Big Bear Municipal Water District found that the lake is currently at it’s most full since 2012, and is only 4 feet shy of becoming full for the first time since 2010. Only two years...
New USDA Report Shows Lake Tahoe Will Be Full This Year, Highlighting California’s Water Recovery
According to a new report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Lake Tahoe, situated on the California-Nevada border, will reach it’s “full” level for the first time since 2019, provided further evidence of California’s water recovery. For the...
Lake Oroville Reaches Full Capacity For Second Year In A Row
The California Department of Water Resources announced on Tuesday that Lake Oroville in Butte County has reached it’s full capacity, becoming the second year in a row that it has reached that level and quelling drought fears for at least...
California Reaches 113% Snowpack Level On Critical April 1st Measurment
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that the April 1st snow survey at Phillips Station, widely regarded as the most crucial snow measuring day of the year as it records peak snowpack, was at 113% of average snowpack...