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The basin just needs California’s rivers to rise and flood it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When rains come in the winter and swell the rivers, Fukuda and his colleagues open some gates and send water through irrigation canals to fill this basin and lots of others they’ve set up. That captured water will seep into the ground, eventually finding its way to a natural aquifer system hundreds of feet below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1294px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11891271 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Fukuda stands in a dry and empty field, wearing reflective sunglasses and looking at the camera.\" width=\"1294\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer2.jpg 1294w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer2-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fukuda believes that replenishing underground aquifers is key for the future of agriculture in this part of the Central Valley. “It really is the difference between our community surviving and not,” he says. \u003ccite>(Dan Charles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/groundwater-in-california/\">Water underground has become a scarce and regulated asset\u003c/a> in the state. Farmers have pumped so much water from aquifers in this part of California that they’ve become depleted, threatening water supplies for agriculture and communities that depend on wells for their household water. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, passed in 2014 is just now taking effect and it strictly limits the amount that farmers can pump from those aquifers, and those limits could put some farmers out of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water-capturing basins like this one, however, offer farmers a way to survive. That’s because the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/programs/groundwater-management/sgma-groundwater-management\">new law treats the underground aquifer like a bank account\u003c/a>. If farmers deposit water into that account when water is plentiful, they can draw more water out when they need it, in years of drought. “It really is the difference between our community surviving and not,” Fukuda says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891272\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1455px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11891272 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer3.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a dress shirt, jeans, and a baseball cap bends over to look at a row of grapes growing in an agricultural field.\" width=\"1455\" height=\"964\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer3.jpg 1455w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer3-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer3-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer3-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1455px) 100vw, 1455px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Reiter, an adviser to several agricultural companies, checks out a vineyard that the owner could convert into a site to capture and store water. \u003ccite>(Dan Charles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Floods are going from nuisance to lifeline\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the past, many Californians considered the winter floods a nuisance, Fukuda says. 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There’s an embankment around three sides of the field already. “You could imagine how much water you could store in the ground in a location like this,” Reiter says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owner of this field, he says, “has made the determination that he would be willing to actually remove the raisins” and use the land instead to capture water. The water he would “sink” might be more valuable to him than his raisin crop because it could earn him the right to pump more water from the aquifer during a future drought to irrigate other fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don Cameron, the owner of Terranova Ranch near the town of Helm in Fresno County, has even bigger ambitions. Cameron’s farm relies almost entirely on groundwater. He’s been watching the underground water level fall for years and worrying about the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ten years ago, during a winter with lots of rain, he decided to flood some vineyards and orchards, to see if he could replenish the aquifer without even clearing land for a dedicated “recharge basin.” “A lot of people were skeptical, our neighbors especially,” Cameron says. “I mean, they thought we were crazy. That we were going to kill our vineyard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1976952\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/09/WINE-DROUGHT-ROMERO-3-1020x765.jpg\"]In fact, the grapevines and trees survived just fine, and the experiment boosted groundwater levels below his field. Further experiments, some carried out in collaboration with researchers at UC Davis, confirmed the feasibility of this “on-farm recharge.” Now Cameron is persuading his neighbors to do the same thing. Together, they could potentially flood tens of thousands of acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is only possible, though, because Cameron happens to be in a fortunate location, right next to a branch of the Kings River, which in turn is connected to a big canal that’s a major artery in California’s vast water distribution system. That channel is bone-dry at the moment, but in years of heavy rains, it can fill with water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many other farmers who are dependent on groundwater, and who will be hit hardest by the new law limiting its use, can’t make “deposits” in their underground bank account because they have no access to floodwater. They’re not connected to the network of ditches and canals that would be needed to carry floodwaters to their fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891276\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1451px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891276\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer4.jpg\" alt=\"The canal resembles a ditch, in a very dry and somewhat barren terrain. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In fact, the grapevines and trees survived just fine, and the experiment boosted groundwater levels below his field. Further experiments, some carried out in collaboration with researchers at UC Davis, confirmed the feasibility of this “on-farm recharge.” Now Cameron is persuading his neighbors to do the same thing. Together, they could potentially flood tens of thousands of acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is only possible, though, because Cameron happens to be in a fortunate location, right next to a branch of the Kings River, which in turn is connected to a big canal that’s a major artery in California’s vast water distribution system. That channel is bone-dry at the moment, but in years of heavy rains, it can fill with water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many other farmers who are dependent on groundwater, and who will be hit hardest by the new law limiting its use, can’t make “deposits” in their underground bank account because they have no access to floodwater. They’re not connected to the network of ditches and canals that would be needed to carry floodwaters to their fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891276\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1451px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11891276\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer4.jpg\" alt=\"The canal resembles a ditch, in a very dry and somewhat barren terrain. There is some green shrubbery present.\" width=\"1451\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer4.jpg 1451w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer4-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer4-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/farmer4-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1451px) 100vw, 1451px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This newly constructed canal near Helm, in Fresno County, is waiting for the next flood. Don Cameron built it, with help from the state, to carry excess water from the Kings River to nearby fields. \u003ccite>(Dan Charles/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Will this solution fall short?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This won’t solve all of the Central Valley’s water problems, though. For one thing, there still won’t be enough water available to fully recharge the aquifers. Aggressively capturing and storing floodwaters could make up for 40% to 50% of the current groundwater deficit at best, according to Reiter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, recharging the aquifer could have mixed effects on the Central Valley’s other big groundwater problem: contamination of wells with agricultural chemicals. These include nitrates from fertilizer and cattle waste. The problem is most severe for lower-income communities that rely on shallow wells for household water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding more land probably will flush those agricultural pollutants into aquifers, says Helen Dahlke, a hydrologist at UC Davis. “We often see a spike in nitrate, for example, at the groundwater table below a recharge site,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11882466\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon showing a nearly empty Lake Oroville with a \"Lake Oroville\" sign crossed out to say \"Valley Oroville.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final-800x535.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final-1020x683.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/lake_072621_final-1536x1028.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California reservoirs lay bare the worsening \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/fioredroughtlakeoroville\">drought before our eyes\u003c/a>, with the water level at Lake Oroville quickly approaching a new record low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course Lake Oroville isn't the only rapidly shrinking reservoir. From \u003ca href=\"https://www.redding.com/story/news/2021/05/18/lake-shasta-facing-worst-season-least-44-years-reclamation-says/5155336001/\">Lake Shasta\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinwater.org/\">Marin County\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-11/lake-mead-hoover-dam-drought-nevada-arizona-california\">Lake Mead\u003c/a>, the state is in an extreme drought with no end in sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember those drying-up reservoirs next time you turn on the tap, and be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874287/12-simple-ways-to-conserve-water-at-home-during-a-california-drought\">take active steps\u003c/a> to conserve water if you haven't already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated July 24, 2021, to correct the elevation of Lake Oroville's all-time low in 1977.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]C[/dropcap]alifornia has descended deep into one of the worst droughts in its recorded history. And perhaps no single location shows more starkly how deep that really is than Lake Oroville, the state's second-largest reservoir and a crucial \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/Programs/State-Water-Project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source of water supply\u003c/a> for the state's farm and city water users alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Getty Images photographer Justin Sullivan has been visiting the lake off and on since the driest days of our last severe drought, in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Lake Oroville provided the most stunning and visible evidence of loss of water\" during that five-year drought, Sullivan said in an interview with KQED Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the same now, with much of the reservoir's shockingly barren floor exposed. Adding to the effect around parts of the lake: the charred skeletons of trees burned during last summer's North Complex fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sullivan visited the lake in April and again this week. While the lake's appearance in the spring was riveting, it's alarming now. \"To be able to show the difference, actually show it, I think is important because a lot of people still don't view this as anything being wrong,\" he said. \"I thought the last drought was bad, but I'm kind of fearful of what this is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sullyfoto/status/1418401316775239680\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a selection of Sullivan's latest batch of images, followed by a more detailed description of the situation at Lake Oroville:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882330\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882330\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In an aerial view, the Enterprise Bridge crosses over a nearly waterless section of Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882335\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House boats sit in a parking lot at Lime Saddle Marina at Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low water levels are visible at Lime Saddle Marina at Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A completely dewatered arm of Lake Oroville, with Lime Saddle Marina visible in the distance, on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882332\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A buoy sits on the exposed floor of Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882331\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882331\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trees burned by the 2021 North Complex fires line the steep, exposed shore of Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882329\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site of a home burned in the 2020's North Complex fires overlooks the dwindling waters of Lake Oroville, July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ake Oroville backs up behind Oroville Dam, 130 miles northeast of San Francisco, just at the point where the forks of the Feather River pour out of the northern Sierra foothills into the Sacramento Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the reservoir is full, the surface of the lake stands at 900 feet above sea level. The last time it was near that level was \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=ORO&end=2019-07-23&span=2months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a little over two years ago\u003c/a>, when it reached 896 feet, or 98% of capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that level, the lake is holding enough water to supply about 7 million average California households for a year. But our reservoirs are there to be drawn down. In Oroville's case, the water behind the dam is meant to be shipped by way of the Feather and Sacramento rivers, the Delta and California Aqueduct, among other waterways, to water agencies and irrigation districts serving 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we near the end of July 2021 and enter the driest months of the year, Lake Oroville is slowly but surely emptying out. As you've read, heard and no doubt observed, that's because of two straight extremely dry winters. The reservoir now stands at 655 feet, about 27% of capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make the numbers less abstract, the lake's record low, 645.11 feet, was recorded Sept. 7, 1977, near the end of what was then the state's worst recorded drought. The reservoir has dropped a little more than a foot a day on average this month as the Department of Water Resources, which manages Oroville Dam, makes releases to meet water quality and wildlife requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water agency has warned that it will be forced to suspend the operation of Oroville's hydroelectric power plant when the lake reaches the 630 to 640 foot level. At the current rate of decline, the lake could reach that point in the next 10 to 15 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated July 24, 2021, to correct the elevation of Lake Oroville's all-time low in 1977.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">C\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>alifornia has descended deep into one of the worst droughts in its recorded history. And perhaps no single location shows more starkly how deep that really is than Lake Oroville, the state's second-largest reservoir and a crucial \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/Programs/State-Water-Project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source of water supply\u003c/a> for the state's farm and city water users alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Getty Images photographer Justin Sullivan has been visiting the lake off and on since the driest days of our last severe drought, in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Lake Oroville provided the most stunning and visible evidence of loss of water\" during that five-year drought, Sullivan said in an interview with KQED Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the same now, with much of the reservoir's shockingly barren floor exposed. Adding to the effect around parts of the lake: the charred skeletons of trees burned during last summer's North Complex fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sullivan visited the lake in April and again this week. While the lake's appearance in the spring was riveting, it's alarming now. \"To be able to show the difference, actually show it, I think is important because a lot of people still don't view this as anything being wrong,\" he said. \"I thought the last drought was bad, but I'm kind of fearful of what this is.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Here's a selection of Sullivan's latest batch of images, followed by a more detailed description of the situation at Lake Oroville:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882330\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882330\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092202-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In an aerial view, the Enterprise Bridge crosses over a nearly waterless section of Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882335\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125611-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House boats sit in a parking lot at Lime Saddle Marina at Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125793-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low water levels are visible at Lime Saddle Marina at Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330125778-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A completely dewatered arm of Lake Oroville, with Lime Saddle Marina visible in the distance, on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882332\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092212-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A buoy sits on the exposed floor of Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882331\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882331\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092211-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trees burned by the 2021 North Complex fires line the steep, exposed shore of Lake Oroville on July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11882329\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/GettyImages-1330092195-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site of a home burned in the 2020's North Complex fires overlooks the dwindling waters of Lake Oroville, July 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">L\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ake Oroville backs up behind Oroville Dam, 130 miles northeast of San Francisco, just at the point where the forks of the Feather River pour out of the northern Sierra foothills into the Sacramento Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the reservoir is full, the surface of the lake stands at 900 feet above sea level. The last time it was near that level was \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryDaily?s=ORO&end=2019-07-23&span=2months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a little over two years ago\u003c/a>, when it reached 896 feet, or 98% of capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that level, the lake is holding enough water to supply about 7 million average California households for a year. But our reservoirs are there to be drawn down. In Oroville's case, the water behind the dam is meant to be shipped by way of the Feather and Sacramento rivers, the Delta and California Aqueduct, among other waterways, to water agencies and irrigation districts serving 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we near the end of July 2021 and enter the driest months of the year, Lake Oroville is slowly but surely emptying out. As you've read, heard and no doubt observed, that's because of two straight extremely dry winters. The reservoir now stands at 655 feet, about 27% of capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/08/as-drought-conditions-intensify-governor-newsom-calls-on-californians-to-take-simple-actions-to-conserve-water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">governor’s office said\u003c/a> if Californians reduce their water usage by 15%, it could save enough to supply 1.7 million households for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, who is facing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880180/california-recall-election-set-for-sept-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recall election in September\u003c/a>, has so far refrained from ordering any mandatory water restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s plea for voluntary reduction in water use demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-science-cd3e6dcb4d2490ed8c2ddcd3c54f69ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summer\u003c/a> and fall and is tied to more intense wildfires and heat waves. Temperatures in parts of the region are spiking again this week as firefighters battle \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ca-state-wire-california-fires-wildfires-4a22f9e6c31ebe2bef033586d8386f68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several wildfires\u003c/a> in Northern California and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/or-state-wire-oregon-wildfires-fires-22d608785b85d39b0fe8607d2af29177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other states\u003c/a> but are less extreme than the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-science-environment-and-nature-935be069af34aad472074d42097af85e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record heat wave\u003c/a> that may have caused hundreds of deaths in the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-science-health-government-and-politics-environment-and-nature-ecea3ed406610f352f5e3f64850b32f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pacific Northwest\u003c/a> and British Columbia in late June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1975707 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/07/RS50215_GettyImages-1233516072-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s most important reservoirs\u003c/a> are already at dangerously low levels and will likely reach historic lows later this year. Lake Oroville in Northern California is at 30% capacity, and state officials worry water levels could get so low they might have to shut down a hydroelectric plant later this year. Along the Russian River, officials fear Lake Mendocino could empty later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is jaw-dropping, what’s happening in the West Coast of the United States,” Newsom said Thursday during a news conference at Lopez Lake, a reservoir in San Luis Obispo County formed by a dam on the Arroyo Grande Creek that is at 34% capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A historic drought tied to climate change is gripping the U.S. West and comes just a few years after California declared its last dry spell over in 2016. The earlier drought in California depleted groundwater supplies and changed how people use water, with many people and businesses ripping out landscaping and replacing it with more drought-tolerant plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to before the previous drought, urban water usage in California is down an average of 16%. But scientists say this drought is already hotter and drier than the earlier one, accelerating the impact on people and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Mediterranean climate means it doesn’t get significant rain or snow until the winter. The state relies on snowmelt in the mountains to fill its reservoirs in the spring, which then provide water for farms, homes and fish throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some big storms in January made officials optimistic about avoiding water shortages this year. But the soil was so dry that instead of melting into runoff to fill rivers and reservoirs, much of the snow in the mountains instead seeped into the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we didn’t understand was we had this deepening and intensifying drought underground,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources. “It really is the speed at which the compounding effects of climate change in soil moisture and ambient temperatures have made this drought a very different kind of drought. It’s no longer a slow-moving train wreck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given how low California’s reservoirs already are, Nemeth said Newsom’s request for people to use less water is about planning for next year. The governor is asking for voluntary conservation efforts, such as taking shorter showers, running dishwashers only when they are full and reducing the frequency of watering lawns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta, a grassroots organization seeking to protect the San Francisco Bay Delta and its surrounding communities, called Newsom’s response “too little, too late.” She said her group and others warned the state at the end of 2020 to prepare for the drought, and added that Newsom has been given “bad advice” by state officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They let too much of the water out of the system for industrial agriculture users,” she said. “Our water resources and public trust resources like salmon fisheries have been squandered for almonds and other unsustainable crops.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, meanwhile, have complained about their water allocations being severely cut this year. Nemeth said the state released water from Lake Oroville largely to satisfy water quality requirements in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, formed by those two river systems that feed into the San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"drought\" label=\"More drought coverage\"]“We released more than we had planned because much of that water never made it to the delta — it was diverted by other water users instead,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local governments already have imposed mandatory water restrictions. And in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/or-state-wire-droughts-dee2206521e42d939984b3ba7ab41aa1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directed state agencies\u003c/a> this week to stop watering lawns, washing windows at their offices and running fountains that don’t recirculate water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Nevada, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nevada-droughts-government-and-politics-environment-and-nature-3bc619e46f902b2ebb77245fcf54e22a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new law\u003c/a> bans nearly a third of grass in the Las Vegas area, targeting ornamental turf at places like office parks and street medians. The ban does not apply to single-family homes, parks and golf courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Newsom on Thursday also added nine more counties to an emergency drought proclamation, which now covers 50 of the state’s 58 counties and 42% of the state’s population. The newly added counties are Inyo, Marin, Mono, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties included in the proclamation are eligible for various state actions, including suspension of some environmental regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Large cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, are not included in the proclamation. But Newsom is still asking people who live in heavily populated areas to reduce their water consumption because they rely on rivers and reservoirs in drought-stricken areas for much of their supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Tara Siler contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/08/as-drought-conditions-intensify-governor-newsom-calls-on-californians-to-take-simple-actions-to-conserve-water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">governor’s office said\u003c/a> if Californians reduce their water usage by 15%, it could save enough to supply 1.7 million households for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, who is facing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880180/california-recall-election-set-for-sept-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recall election in September\u003c/a>, has so far refrained from ordering any mandatory water restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s plea for voluntary reduction in water use demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-science-cd3e6dcb4d2490ed8c2ddcd3c54f69ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summer\u003c/a> and fall and is tied to more intense wildfires and heat waves. Temperatures in parts of the region are spiking again this week as firefighters battle \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ca-state-wire-california-fires-wildfires-4a22f9e6c31ebe2bef033586d8386f68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several wildfires\u003c/a> in Northern California and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/or-state-wire-oregon-wildfires-fires-22d608785b85d39b0fe8607d2af29177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other states\u003c/a> but are less extreme than the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-science-environment-and-nature-935be069af34aad472074d42097af85e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record heat wave\u003c/a> that may have caused hundreds of deaths in the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-science-health-government-and-politics-environment-and-nature-ecea3ed406610f352f5e3f64850b32f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pacific Northwest\u003c/a> and British Columbia in late June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We released more than we had planned because much of that water never made it to the delta — it was diverted by other water users instead,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local governments already have imposed mandatory water restrictions. And in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/or-state-wire-droughts-dee2206521e42d939984b3ba7ab41aa1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directed state agencies\u003c/a> this week to stop watering lawns, washing windows at their offices and running fountains that don’t recirculate water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Nevada, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nevada-droughts-government-and-politics-environment-and-nature-3bc619e46f902b2ebb77245fcf54e22a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new law\u003c/a> bans nearly a third of grass in the Las Vegas area, targeting ornamental turf at places like office parks and street medians. The ban does not apply to single-family homes, parks and golf courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Newsom on Thursday also added nine more counties to an emergency drought proclamation, which now covers 50 of the state’s 58 counties and 42% of the state’s population. The newly added counties are Inyo, Marin, Mono, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties included in the proclamation are eligible for various state actions, including suspension of some environmental regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Large cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, are not included in the proclamation. But Newsom is still asking people who live in heavily populated areas to reduce their water consumption because they rely on rivers and reservoirs in drought-stricken areas for much of their supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Tara Siler contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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And over the last couple of weeks, our region has jumped from moderate to extreme drought conditions, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">U.S. Drought Monitor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some water districts around the Bay Area are already imposing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1974669/the-entire-bay-area-is-in-extreme-drought-heres-what-your-local-water-supplier-is-doing\">water conservation measures\u003c/a> on residents, and there are several lasting measures homeowners can take to combat water wastage, from installing low-flow toilets and showerheads to building a rainwater collection system. 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It’s in Trouble\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A team of researchers at UCLA \u003ca href=\"http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/groundwater-loss-in-central-valley\">recently estimated \u003c/a>that during the recent five-year drought, groundwater was pumped out of the Central Valley at twice the rate of the previous drought (2007-09), eventually taking out enough to fill Lake Mead, the nation’s largest man-made reservoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”lOkDoHOujmmm1YDvj3RAh3PRMADuecpc”]But even in “normal” years, scientists say many farmers and water agencies around the state have been pumping groundwater at an unsustainable rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically we’re taxing the system beyond what it can take,” warns Faunt. “We’ve been using water at a rate much higher than water’s being recharged to these areas, so you’ve got a loss of storage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the drought, at least 3,500 wells went dry and Harter reckons that most of those remain dry, despite the record-setting precipitation over the winter. According to state regulators, there are still communities receiving emergency supplies of bottled water after local wells dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. It’s Not a Lost Cause\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists and water planners think the state’s aquifers can be made sustainable, but it will take time and commitment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">N\u003c/span>ew strategies are taking hold\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>to recharge groundwater basins. 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