Thursday Top of the Scroll: California drought worsens. What’s ahead for fish, farms, cities
In just a few weeks, California’s water conditions have gone from bad to terrible. Sacramento residents have been asked to cut water usage 10%. Their counterparts on the Russian River are being told to reduce their consumption 20%. Farmers across the Central Valley are letting fields lie fallow and dismantling their orchards. Government agencies are warning of massive fish kills on the Sacramento River. After a warm spring dried up practically the entire Sierra Nevada snowpack — and robbed California of enough water to fill most of Folsom Lake — state and federal officials have been forced to dramatically ramp up their drought response plans.
Related articles:
- San Francisco Chronicle: State orders sweeping water restrictions for towns, vineyards along Russian River
- Press Democrat: State tells hundreds of landowners in Sonoma, Mendocino counties to halt Russian River water diversions
- Mendocino Voice: Redwood Valley continues to struggle through drought
- Press Democrat: Sonoma County to hold drought town hall
- Fox KTVU 2: State water board issues mandatory water restrictions for upper Russian River basin
- State Water Resources Control Board: Extremely dry conditions prompt restrictions for some water right holders on the Russian River
- Sierra Nevada Ally: Drought prompts a 30 percent reduction in water deliveries to Truckee Carson Irrigation District farmers
- KDRV: Siskiyou County water ordinances send ripple effect through community; legal action in process
- Eureka Times Standard: Humboldt County supes call for drought task force
- Nevada Irrigation District news release: Nevada Irrigation District will buy supplemental water from PG&E