Editorial: Another drought year in the forecast
While residents of the Southeast clean up from floods and a hurricane, meteorologists are warning that Northern California should be prepared for a third year of drought. … The biggest immediate concern is the upper Russian River, which is fed by Lake Mendocino and provides water for Cloverdale, Healdsburg and some prime Wine Country agricultural areas. Storage in the lake dipped below 20,000 acre-feet last week … Lake Sonoma, the region’s other major reservoir, is in a little better shape with 116,500 acre-feet of water.