Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 1:42:14 GMT -6
Water-starved Lake Oroville rises dramatic 20 feet in six days
El Niño is officially here, and the recent soakings walloping Northern California are recharging California's drought-ravaged reservoirs with water.
Folsom Lake east of Sacramento rose 44 feet in the last month, and even more impressive, the elevation at Lake Oroville shot up a dramatic 20 feet in only six days.
"This isn't entirely unusual, but it doesn't happen every day," said Kevin Wright, the California Department of Water Resources Oroville Field Division's water services supervisor. "We haven't seen the water level rise like this since we've had the drought over the past approximately four years."
Lake Oroville, the second-largest manmade reservoir in California after Shasta, registered its lowest elevation ever at 645 feet above sea level on Sept. 7, 1977. Last year, on Dec. 9, the lake came close to this record, dipping down to 649 feet. But the recent storms are replenishing the lake, and the elevation on Jan. 19 was 694 feet.
Continue reading: www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lake-Oroville-rises-20-feet-six-days-El-Nino-6771865.php
Thanks El Niño! 44-foot rise of Folsom Lake offers hope for California's worst ever drought
California lake levels are rising as fast as the stock market is falling, with Folsom Lake east of Sacramento rising an astonishing 44 feet in just over a month and Lake Oroville, the second most expansive water storage facility in the state rising another 20 feet.
Early December saw Folsom Lake, just off Highway 50 on the way up to South Lake Tahoe, dwindle to the hydrological equivalent of a mud puddle.
It reached its lowest levels since they started filling it up after building the dam of around 349 feet above sea level.
By today, it has risen over 44 feet to just under 393 feet above sea level.
Continue reading: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/el-nino-california-drought-folsom-lake-6772009.php
El Niño is officially here, and the recent soakings walloping Northern California are recharging California's drought-ravaged reservoirs with water.
Folsom Lake east of Sacramento rose 44 feet in the last month, and even more impressive, the elevation at Lake Oroville shot up a dramatic 20 feet in only six days.
"This isn't entirely unusual, but it doesn't happen every day," said Kevin Wright, the California Department of Water Resources Oroville Field Division's water services supervisor. "We haven't seen the water level rise like this since we've had the drought over the past approximately four years."
Lake Oroville, the second-largest manmade reservoir in California after Shasta, registered its lowest elevation ever at 645 feet above sea level on Sept. 7, 1977. Last year, on Dec. 9, the lake came close to this record, dipping down to 649 feet. But the recent storms are replenishing the lake, and the elevation on Jan. 19 was 694 feet.
Continue reading: www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lake-Oroville-rises-20-feet-six-days-El-Nino-6771865.php
Thanks El Niño! 44-foot rise of Folsom Lake offers hope for California's worst ever drought
California lake levels are rising as fast as the stock market is falling, with Folsom Lake east of Sacramento rising an astonishing 44 feet in just over a month and Lake Oroville, the second most expansive water storage facility in the state rising another 20 feet.
Early December saw Folsom Lake, just off Highway 50 on the way up to South Lake Tahoe, dwindle to the hydrological equivalent of a mud puddle.
It reached its lowest levels since they started filling it up after building the dam of around 349 feet above sea level.
By today, it has risen over 44 feet to just under 393 feet above sea level.
Continue reading: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/el-nino-california-drought-folsom-lake-6772009.php