The California Department of Water Resources has estimated that if Sites Reservoir were online on April 7, the off-stream reservoir would have already stored an additional 904,000 acre-feet of water this year, or nearly 295 billion gallons. For context, this amount of water would completely fill Folsom Reservoir near Sacramento. Remember that last year, during … Continue reading “Why Would California and the Public Benefit from Sites Reservoir?”

The Northern California Water Association (NCWA) Board of Directors has voted to formally oppose the “No Blank Checks Initiative.” Like several other initiatives that are now circulating, the proponents have over-reached with this initiative that is now qualified for the November 2016 ballot. The initiative, if approved by the voters, would create another avenue for … Continue reading “NCWA Opposes No Blank Checks”

Northern California has been blessed this year with generally full reservoirs and good snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade. This has led to full water allocations throughout the Sacramento Valley, which has been welcomed by cities and rural communities, farmers, refuge managers, and fish—all of which have suffered in different ways from reduced supplies … Continue reading “2016 Water Supplies Shaping Up”

The groundwater resources in the Sacramento Valley have been taxed during the past four dry years, with less surface water available and more reliance on groundwater resources. With the recent storms in Northern California and most of the Sacramento Valley in flood operations, now is an ideal time to recharge the groundwater resources to keep … Continue reading “Recharging Groundwater in Yolo County”