Lake Mendocino is low, but no water shortages forecast thanks to new tech
Lake Mendocino currently sits at 712 ft above sea level… That’s very low. But despite years of dry conditions … it’s not the lowest the lake has ever been. Thanks to a new set of satellite technologies and water management techniques dubbed FIRO, or Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (pronounced FEE-roh), the lake is still more than a dozen feet above its record low.