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But invasive species experts say the revised policy of the Department of Water Resources increases the likelihood that golden mussels will invade Lake Oroville and hitch a ride on boats to other lakes. They disagree, though, about whether preventing such an incursion is even possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”California is under an epidemic of golden mussels,” said \u003ca href=\"https://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/\">Anthony Ricciardi\u003c/a>, a professor of biology and the director of the Bieler School of Environment at McGill University. “Like in any epidemic, you got to control the key hubs — or else the war is lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reopening Lake Oroville\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California water managers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/california-delta-invasive-mussel/\">first discovered\u003c/a> golden mussels invading California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in October 2024 — marking their first detection in North America. The voracious and rapidly spreading mussels can encrust surfaces so thoroughly that they choke off water supplies and damage dams and power plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are now invading critical infrastructure in the Delta. And the very pumps, canals and aqueducts that keep water flowing to much of the state are \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Species/Golden-Mussel\">funneling the larvae\u003c/a> to irrigation districts and water suppliers downstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sjgov.org/department/bos/board-news/board-news-detail/2026/04/28/sjc-board-of-supervisors-proclaims-local-emergency-golden-mussel\">San Joaquin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYibakJILm-/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\">Kern Counties\u003c/a> have declared states of emergency, and state officials are updating key facilities along the state’s nature-defying water delivery system to reduce mussel damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A salmon under water with rocks.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate and spawn in the Feather River near the California Department of Water Resources infrastructure and the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville, Butte County, on Nov. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Xavier Mascareñas/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With summer weather coming in hot, state water managers said that they \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2026/Apr-2026/Lake-Oroville-Update-April-29-2026\">are ending\u003c/a> a program to prevent mussels and their larvae from stowing away on boats to invade Lake Oroville, one of California’s largest reservoirs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department now no longer requires \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2026/May-2026/Lake-Oroville-Update-May-1-2026\">inspections and decontamination\u003c/a> for boats launching at Lake Oroville and nearby reservoirs — the Thermalito Forebay and the Thermalito Afterbay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Water Resources says lakes and launches upstream in the Feather River watershed didn’t take similar precautions, raising the risk that golden mussel larvae would wash into the reservoir on river flows regardless of the boat inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of the inspection program for the lake was also around $7.5 million to start it up, and $6.5 million per year to continue it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Installing UV treatment to prevent mussels from settling in the pipes at powerplants downstream from Oroville, by contrast, would cost an estimated $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We severely impacted recreation at that lake,” said Tanya Veldhuizen, special projects section manager in the California Department of Water Resources’ environmental assessment branch. “We also evaluated the risk to our infrastructure and what it would take to mitigate mussels — and that was much lower than expected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cold water, fewer mussels?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The decision reflects the findings from a new risk analysis the department commissioned for these reservoirs and related hydropower and fishery hatchery facilities, as well as for the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/What-We-Do/Recreation/Upper-Feather-River-Lakes\">Upper Feather River Lakes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conducted by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rntconsulting.net/\">Canada-based consulting firm\u003c/a> specializing in aquatic invasive species, the assessment reports that, while surface temperatures are warm enough for the mussels to survive in shallower water at Lake Oroville, they’re too cold lower down for the mussels to reproduce at depths greater than 60 feet below the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the Delta, the waters at Lake Oroville are also low in nutrients, Veldhuizen said. Between the scarce food, cold temperatures, and water levels that drop enough to dry out mussels on the shoreline, Veldhuizen said she doesn’t expect the mussels to reach nuisance levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut.jpg\" alt=\"High view of a lake with mountains in the background. A small patch of land can be seen in the middle of the water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat crosses Lake Oroville on Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Butte County, California. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department also expects cold water released from the reservoir will slow the growth of any larvae that reach the Feather River Fish Hatchery and the Oroville-Thermalito Complex powerplants downstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Oroville’s shoreline, boats and docks remain at risk — and that’s what worries Ricciardi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where the action is. The boats will be moving them,” Ricciardi said — because boats and aquatic weeds clinging to vessels and their trailers can ferry mussels from one lake to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And adult mussels can actually survive even in very cold water, says Demetrio Boltovskoy, a retired researcher formerly at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council. One study in China found \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ddi.13289\">they can live for weeks\u003c/a> at near-freezing temperatures.[aside postID=science_2001267 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/06/260609-PACIFICAPIERUPDATE-10-BL-KQED.jpg']Still, Boltovskoy said that while he isn’t specifically familiar with Lake Oroville, reducing precautions may be reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter what precautionary measures you take, sooner or later it will spread,” he said. “I don’t think that stopping their range expansion is actually feasible at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But invasive species experts are sharply divided on the subject. That’s true especially in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/07/golden-mussel-california-water-supplies-spread-inspections/\">told CalMatters\u003c/a> that invasions delayed translated to money saved. This year, the wildlife department directed inquiries about the new Oroville strategy to the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much to protect yet,” Martha Volkoff, environmental program manager for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Invasive Species Program, said \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/07/golden-mussel-california-water-supplies-spread-inspections/\">last summer.\u003c/a> “Yes, it’s a lot of work, but the long-term savings — to the environment and to all the other ways that it costs us — is investment well spent, even if we just delay new introductions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Relying on boaters: Clean, drain, dry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The responsibility now rests more heavily with boaters to ensure their boats are clean, drained and dry — especially when leaving an infested body of water, like the Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If state water managers detect mussels at Lake Oroville, she said, the department will begin inspecting boats as they leave the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a strategy already in use at other infested lakes, including \u003ca href=\"https://parks.lacounty.gov/castaic-lake-state-recreation-area-2/\">Castaic\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23467\">Pyramid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Managers of other Northern California lakes told CalMatters they will continue their inspection programs, including at lakes \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31843\">Folsom\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tahoeboatinspections.com/\">Tahoe\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://scwa2.com/lake-berryessa-mussel-prevention-program/\">Berryessa\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe are seen from D.L. Bliss State Park on May 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Drew Gantner, manager of water resources at Solano County Water Agency, which oversees the mussel program at Lake Berryessa, called the Oroville decision concerning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Lake Oroville does surrender its program and becomes infested with golden mussels it creates an increased risk for all waterbodies,” Gantner said. “At that point, any watercraft travelling to Berryessa (or anywhere else) from Lake Oroville would essentially be no different than watercraft coming from the Delta.” \u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ricciardi agreed that the stakes extend well past Oroville’s dam and downstream facilities. “There is another thing about invasions. They often surprise you,” Ricciardi said. “Sometimes invaders don’t act the way they’re supposed to act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to reflect that Anthony Ricciardi did not speak about ballast water when explaining how boats can spread invasive mussels.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/06/golden-mussels-oroville-boating-invasive/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No state agencies or scientists have found mussels in Oroville yet. But invasive species experts say the revised policy of the Department of Water Resources increases the likelihood that golden mussels will invade Lake Oroville and hitch a ride on boats to other lakes. They disagree, though, about whether preventing such an incursion is even possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”California is under an epidemic of golden mussels,” said \u003ca href=\"https://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/\">Anthony Ricciardi\u003c/a>, a professor of biology and the director of the Bieler School of Environment at McGill University. “Like in any epidemic, you got to control the key hubs — or else the war is lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reopening Lake Oroville\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California water managers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/california-delta-invasive-mussel/\">first discovered\u003c/a> golden mussels invading California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in October 2024 — marking their first detection in North America. The voracious and rapidly spreading mussels can encrust surfaces so thoroughly that they choke off water supplies and damage dams and power plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are now invading critical infrastructure in the Delta. And the very pumps, canals and aqueducts that keep water flowing to much of the state are \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Species/Golden-Mussel\">funneling the larvae\u003c/a> to irrigation districts and water suppliers downstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sjgov.org/department/bos/board-news/board-news-detail/2026/04/28/sjc-board-of-supervisors-proclaims-local-emergency-golden-mussel\">San Joaquin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYibakJILm-/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\">Kern Counties\u003c/a> have declared states of emergency, and state officials are updating key facilities along the state’s nature-defying water delivery system to reduce mussel damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A salmon under water with rocks.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate and spawn in the Feather River near the California Department of Water Resources infrastructure and the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville, Butte County, on Nov. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Xavier Mascareñas/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With summer weather coming in hot, state water managers said that they \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2026/Apr-2026/Lake-Oroville-Update-April-29-2026\">are ending\u003c/a> a program to prevent mussels and their larvae from stowing away on boats to invade Lake Oroville, one of California’s largest reservoirs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department now no longer requires \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2026/May-2026/Lake-Oroville-Update-May-1-2026\">inspections and decontamination\u003c/a> for boats launching at Lake Oroville and nearby reservoirs — the Thermalito Forebay and the Thermalito Afterbay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Water Resources says lakes and launches upstream in the Feather River watershed didn’t take similar precautions, raising the risk that golden mussel larvae would wash into the reservoir on river flows regardless of the boat inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of the inspection program for the lake was also around $7.5 million to start it up, and $6.5 million per year to continue it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Installing UV treatment to prevent mussels from settling in the pipes at powerplants downstream from Oroville, by contrast, would cost an estimated $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We severely impacted recreation at that lake,” said Tanya Veldhuizen, special projects section manager in the California Department of Water Resources’ environmental assessment branch. “We also evaluated the risk to our infrastructure and what it would take to mitigate mussels — and that was much lower than expected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cold water, fewer mussels?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The decision reflects the findings from a new risk analysis the department commissioned for these reservoirs and related hydropower and fishery hatchery facilities, as well as for the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/What-We-Do/Recreation/Upper-Feather-River-Lakes\">Upper Feather River Lakes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conducted by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rntconsulting.net/\">Canada-based consulting firm\u003c/a> specializing in aquatic invasive species, the assessment reports that, while surface temperatures are warm enough for the mussels to survive in shallower water at Lake Oroville, they’re too cold lower down for the mussels to reproduce at depths greater than 60 feet below the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the Delta, the waters at Lake Oroville are also low in nutrients, Veldhuizen said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, Boltovskoy said that while he isn’t specifically familiar with Lake Oroville, reducing precautions may be reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter what precautionary measures you take, sooner or later it will spread,” he said. “I don’t think that stopping their range expansion is actually feasible at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But invasive species experts are sharply divided on the subject. That’s true especially in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/07/golden-mussel-california-water-supplies-spread-inspections/\">told CalMatters\u003c/a> that invasions delayed translated to money saved. This year, the wildlife department directed inquiries about the new Oroville strategy to the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much to protect yet,” Martha Volkoff, environmental program manager for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Invasive Species Program, said \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/07/golden-mussel-california-water-supplies-spread-inspections/\">last summer.\u003c/a> “Yes, it’s a lot of work, but the long-term savings — to the environment and to all the other ways that it costs us — is investment well spent, even if we just delay new introductions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Relying on boaters: Clean, drain, dry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The responsibility now rests more heavily with boaters to ensure their boats are clean, drained and dry — especially when leaving an infested body of water, like the Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If state water managers detect mussels at Lake Oroville, she said, the department will begin inspecting boats as they leave the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a strategy already in use at other infested lakes, including \u003ca href=\"https://parks.lacounty.gov/castaic-lake-state-recreation-area-2/\">Castaic\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23467\">Pyramid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Managers of other Northern California lakes told CalMatters they will continue their inspection programs, including at lakes \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31843\">Folsom\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tahoeboatinspections.com/\">Tahoe\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://scwa2.com/lake-berryessa-mussel-prevention-program/\">Berryessa\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe are seen from D.L. Bliss State Park on May 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Drew Gantner, manager of water resources at Solano County Water Agency, which oversees the mussel program at Lake Berryessa, called the Oroville decision concerning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Lake Oroville does surrender its program and becomes infested with golden mussels it creates an increased risk for all waterbodies,” Gantner said. “At that point, any watercraft travelling to Berryessa (or anywhere else) from Lake Oroville would essentially be no different than watercraft coming from the Delta.” \u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ricciardi agreed that the stakes extend well past Oroville’s dam and downstream facilities. “There is another thing about invasions. They often surprise you,” Ricciardi said. “Sometimes invaders don’t act the way they’re supposed to act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to reflect that Anthony Ricciardi did not speak about ballast water when explaining how boats can spread invasive mussels.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/06/golden-mussels-oroville-boating-invasive/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, June 30, 2025…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lake Oroville in Northern California’s Butte County is one of the state’s most important reservoirs. It’s part of a state-spanning system that delivers water to 27 million people and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. Now officials are working to keep an invader out of the reservoir — a freshwater bivalve mollusk called \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2025-05-16/golden-mussels-could-clog-californias-water-system-starting-with-lake-oroville\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the golden mussel.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Gavin Newsom \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/27/budget/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">has conditionally approved\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a budget deal to close the state’s $12 billion deficit. The deal includes a controversial plan to scale back Medi-Cal access for undocumented immigrants in the state, which the governor once supported.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The American Civil Liberties Union says the federal government is breaking its promise to protect migrant families who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the first Trump Administration.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2025-05-16/golden-mussels-could-clog-californias-water-system-starting-with-lake-oroville\">\u003cstrong>Golden Mussels Could Clog California’s Water System, Starting With Lake Oroville\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The invasive two-inch wide golden mussel showed up near the Port of Stockton last fall. Since then, it’s \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Species/Golden-Mussel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>spread south\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, extending to other waterways in the Delta and some in the San Joaquin Valley. Now, eyes are looking north to Lake Oroville, where the mussels could pose a large threat if they’re introduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reservoir is the second largest in California. It’s part of the \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://water.ca.gov/swp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>state’s system\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that delivers water through a network of pipes and pumps to more than two-thirds of residents and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden mussels like to stick to hard surfaces — like those pipes and pumps — and that has state officials concerned. “They’re going to grow, they’re going to settle out, attach onto the walls, and then begin forming those colonies,” said Tanya Veldhuizen, an environmental program manager with the Department of Water Resources. “They just keep adding layers and layers and mussels until that pipeline is completely blocked.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mussels also pose a significant environmental threat. Eric See is with the Department of Water Resources. He said Lake Oroville feeds water into the Feather River Fish Hatchery through small diameter piping. It raises steelhead trout and chinook salmon. Chinook populations are threatened, and the state is currently trying to bring them back. If that pipe gets blocked, it cuts off water to the fish. “Within just a few minutes you can lose millions of fish,” See said. The mussels could also create large algae blooms that can kill fish and filter water, increasing aquatic weed growth. That makes it harder for fish in the water to navigate and find food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-budget-deficit-medicaid-immigrant-84c1b09713cd973935788943703697bd\">\u003cstrong>Newsom Signs Budget Package\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Friday a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-medicaid-expansion-undocumented-immigrants-34d8deb2186e9195b253f499e81a3d77\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">landmark health care expansion\u003c/a>\u003c/span> for low-income adult immigrants without legal status, to close a $12 billion deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the third year in a row the nation’s most populous state has been forced to slash funding or stop some of the programs championed by Democratic leaders. Lawmakers passed the budget earlier in the day following an agreement of a $321 billion spending plan between Newsom and Democratic leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the whole budget will be void if lawmakers don’t send him legislation to make it easier to build housing by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget avoids some of the most devastating cuts to essential safety net programs, state leaders said. They mostly relied on using state savings, borrowing from special funds and delaying payments to plug the budget hole.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Arguments Continue In Legal Case Over Family Separation \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in court that the federal government is breaking its promise to protect migrant families who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border\u003c/a> during the first Trump Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a 2023 settlement agreement, the separated families were promised a path to asylum and things like legal and mental health support. But the ACLU said the Department of Justice has stopped funding many of those services. Lawyers also said the government has still not followed a court order to reinstate legal services to families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge in the case ordered the government not to deport family members while the matter is being resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Water levels fell so low in key reservoirs during \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\">the depth of California’s drought\u003c/a> that boat docks sat on dry, cracked land and cars drove into the center of what should have been Folsom Lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those scenes are no more after a series of powerful storms dumped record amounts of rain and snow across California, replenishing reservoirs and bringing an end — mostly — to the state’s three-year drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, 12 of California’s 17 major reservoirs are filled above their historical averages for the start of spring. That includes Folsom Lake, which controls water flows along the American River, as well as Lake Oroville, the state’s second-largest reservoir and home to the nation’s tallest dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"The photo on the left shows boats surrounded by water, while the photo on the right shows little water in Lake Oroville.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-800x261.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-1020x333.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-1536x502.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houseboats rest in a channel at Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (left) on March 26, 2023, and the same location (right) on Aug. 14, 2021, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945909\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"The photo on the left is the docks float in Folsom Lake filled with water. The photo on the right shows now water at all above the docks.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-800x223.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-1020x284.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-160x45.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-1536x428.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boat docks float in the Browns Ravine Cove area of Folsom Lake (left) on March 26, 2023; in the same location (right), docks sit on dry land on May 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a stunning turnaround of water availability in the nation’s most populous state. Late last year nearly all of California was in drought, including at extreme and exceptional levels. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-climate-and-environment-e49c8c5c34ead7ef7f83b770082f20bc\">Wells ran dry\u003c/a>, farmers fallowed fields and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-government-and-politics-gavin-newsom-water-use-3a2c46fc2de40023f14ccc906106cea0\">cities restricted watering grass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water picture changed dramatically starting in December, when the first of a dozen “\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/floods-weather-storms-natural-disasters-california-4f9ac9733888a349bee3c38b44e0bfb3\">atmospheric river storms\u003c/a>” hit, causing widespread flooding, damaging homes and infrastructure, and dumping as many as 700 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945910\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"To the left is a photo of Lake Oroville filled with water and to the right is at the same location with much less water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-800x223.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-1020x284.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-160x45.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-1536x427.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car crosses Enterprise Bridge over Lake Oroville (left) on March 26, 2023, and the same location on May 23, 2021, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945906\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"The photo on the left shows a lot of water in Lake Oroville in the background. The photo on the right shows little water in Lake Oroville in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-800x223.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-1020x284.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-160x45.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-1536x427.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trailer stands at a property that was scorched in the 2020 North Complex Fire above Lake Oroville (left) on March 26, 2023, and the same location (right) on May 23, 2021, in Oroville. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“California went from the three driest years on record to the three wettest weeks on record when we were catapulted into our rainy season in January,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources. “So, hydrologically, California is no longer in a drought except for very small portions of the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the rain and snow, while drought-busting, may bring new challenges. Some reservoirs are so full that water is being released to make room for storm runoff and snowmelt that could cause flooding this spring and summer, a new problem for weary water managers and emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of Folsom Lake with very little water. Vehicles are parked on patches of land where water should be.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vehicle is parked on a newly revealed piece of land due to receding waters at the drought-stricken Folsom Lake in Granite Bay (left), on Saturday, May 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/File/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Folsom Lake with mostly water filling the frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In an aerial view, a boat floats in the Granite Bay area of Folsom Lake, on Sunday, March 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-snowpack-flooding-threat-65919716df94054d3ff7c849bf60f142\">The storms have created one of the biggest snowpacks on record in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/a> The snowpack’s water content is 239% of its normal average and nearly triple in the southern Sierra, according to state data. Now, as the weather warms up, water managers are preparing for all that snow to melt, unleashing a torrent of water that’s expected to cause flooding in the Sierra foothills and Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know there will be flooding as a result of the snowmelt,” Nemeth said. “There’s just too much snowmelt to be accommodated in our rivers and channels and keeping things between levees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Managers are now releasing water from the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dams-oroville-ap-top-news-us-news-evacuations-0a4b46c359444c58918ad374f7cd3d28\">Oroville Dam spillway, which was rebuilt after it broke apart during heavy rains in February 2017\u003c/a> and forced the evacuation of more than 180,000 people downstream along the Feather River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A high view of Lake Oroville with very little water surrounded mostly by land.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat crosses Lake Oroville below trees scorched in the 2020 North Complex Fire on May 23, 2021, in Oroville. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut.jpg\" alt=\"High view of a lake with mountains in the background. A small patch of land can be seen in the middle of the water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat crosses Lake Oroville on Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The reservoir is 16% above its historic average. That’s compared to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-california-e1ba2e38caafb44bf893a2f05a18edb7\">2021, when water levels dropped so low that its hydroelectric dams stopped generating power\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That year the Bidwell Canyon and Lime Saddle marinas had to pull most recreational boats out of Lake Oroville and shut down their boat rental business because water levels were too low and it was too hard to get to the marinas, said Jared Rael, who manages the marinas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late March, the water at Lake Oroville rose to 859 feet above sea level, about 230 feet higher than its low point in 2021, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public is going to benefit with the water being higher. Everything is easier to get to. They can just jump on the lake and have fun,” Rael said. “Right now we have tons of water. We have a high lake with a bunch of snowpack. We’re going to have a great year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The abundant precipitation has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-drought-water-restrictions-ending-f105039dadeab29e03edbe91cb630dbc\">prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift some of the state’s water restrictions\u003c/a> and stop asking people to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not declared the drought over because there are still water shortages along the California-Oregon border and parts of Southern California that rely on the struggling Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945859\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Areal view of water being held back by a dam.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oroville Dam (top right) holds back water at Lake Oroville on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cities and irrigation districts that provide water to farms will receive a big boost in water supplies from the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, networks of reservoirs and canals that supply water across California. Some farmers are using the stormwater to replenish underground aquifers that had become depleted after years of pumping and drought left wells dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials are warning residents not to let the current abundance let them revert to wasting water. In the era of climate change, one extremely wet year could be followed by several dry years, returning the state to drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given weather whiplash, we know the return of dry conditions and the intensity of the dry conditions that are likely to return means we have to be using water more efficiently,” Nemeth said. “We have to be adopting conservation as a way of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945858\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Boats on a leak with a bridge in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houseboats float near Lake Oroville’s Bidwell Bar Bridge on Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Butte County. Months of winter storms have replenished California’s key reservoirs after three years of punishing drought. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Water levels fell so low in key reservoirs during \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\">the depth of California’s drought\u003c/a> that boat docks sat on dry, cracked land and cars drove into the center of what should have been Folsom Lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those scenes are no more after a series of powerful storms dumped record amounts of rain and snow across California, replenishing reservoirs and bringing an end — mostly — to the state’s three-year drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, 12 of California’s 17 major reservoirs are filled above their historical averages for the start of spring. That includes Folsom Lake, which controls water flows along the American River, as well as Lake Oroville, the state’s second-largest reservoir and home to the nation’s tallest dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"The photo on the left shows boats surrounded by water, while the photo on the right shows little water in Lake Oroville.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-800x261.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-1020x333.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64309_AP23090818295886-qut-1-1536x502.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houseboats rest in a channel at Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (left) on March 26, 2023, and the same location (right) on Aug. 14, 2021, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945909\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"The photo on the left is the docks float in Folsom Lake filled with water. The photo on the right shows now water at all above the docks.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-800x223.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-1020x284.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-160x45.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64300_AP23090818310865-qut-1-1536x428.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boat docks float in the Browns Ravine Cove area of Folsom Lake (left) on March 26, 2023; in the same location (right), docks sit on dry land on May 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a stunning turnaround of water availability in the nation’s most populous state. Late last year nearly all of California was in drought, including at extreme and exceptional levels. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-climate-and-environment-e49c8c5c34ead7ef7f83b770082f20bc\">Wells ran dry\u003c/a>, farmers fallowed fields and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-government-and-politics-gavin-newsom-water-use-3a2c46fc2de40023f14ccc906106cea0\">cities restricted watering grass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water picture changed dramatically starting in December, when the first of a dozen “\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/floods-weather-storms-natural-disasters-california-4f9ac9733888a349bee3c38b44e0bfb3\">atmospheric river storms\u003c/a>” hit, causing widespread flooding, damaging homes and infrastructure, and dumping as many as 700 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945910\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"To the left is a photo of Lake Oroville filled with water and to the right is at the same location with much less water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-800x223.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-1020x284.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-160x45.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64305_AP23090818224363-qut-1-1536x427.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car crosses Enterprise Bridge over Lake Oroville (left) on March 26, 2023, and the same location on May 23, 2021, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945906\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"The photo on the left shows a lot of water in Lake Oroville in the background. The photo on the right shows little water in Lake Oroville in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-800x223.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-1020x284.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-160x45.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64303_AP23090818347949-qut-1-1536x427.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trailer stands at a property that was scorched in the 2020 North Complex Fire above Lake Oroville (left) on March 26, 2023, and the same location (right) on May 23, 2021, in Oroville. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“California went from the three driest years on record to the three wettest weeks on record when we were catapulted into our rainy season in January,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources. “So, hydrologically, California is no longer in a drought except for very small portions of the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the rain and snow, while drought-busting, may bring new challenges. Some reservoirs are so full that water is being released to make room for storm runoff and snowmelt that could cause flooding this spring and summer, a new problem for weary water managers and emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of Folsom Lake with very little water. Vehicles are parked on patches of land where water should be.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64304_AP23095016901641-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vehicle is parked on a newly revealed piece of land due to receding waters at the drought-stricken Folsom Lake in Granite Bay (left), on Saturday, May 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/File/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Folsom Lake with mostly water filling the frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64306_AP23095016921415-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In an aerial view, a boat floats in the Granite Bay area of Folsom Lake, on Sunday, March 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-snowpack-flooding-threat-65919716df94054d3ff7c849bf60f142\">The storms have created one of the biggest snowpacks on record in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/a> The snowpack’s water content is 239% of its normal average and nearly triple in the southern Sierra, according to state data. Now, as the weather warms up, water managers are preparing for all that snow to melt, unleashing a torrent of water that’s expected to cause flooding in the Sierra foothills and Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know there will be flooding as a result of the snowmelt,” Nemeth said. “There’s just too much snowmelt to be accommodated in our rivers and channels and keeping things between levees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Managers are now releasing water from the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dams-oroville-ap-top-news-us-news-evacuations-0a4b46c359444c58918ad374f7cd3d28\">Oroville Dam spillway, which was rebuilt after it broke apart during heavy rains in February 2017\u003c/a> and forced the evacuation of more than 180,000 people downstream along the Feather River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A high view of Lake Oroville with very little water surrounded mostly by land.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64307_AP23095017105503-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat crosses Lake Oroville below trees scorched in the 2020 North Complex Fire on May 23, 2021, in Oroville. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut.jpg\" alt=\"High view of a lake with mountains in the background. A small patch of land can be seen in the middle of the water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64312_AP23095017106967-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat crosses Lake Oroville on Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The reservoir is 16% above its historic average. That’s compared to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-california-e1ba2e38caafb44bf893a2f05a18edb7\">2021, when water levels dropped so low that its hydroelectric dams stopped generating power\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That year the Bidwell Canyon and Lime Saddle marinas had to pull most recreational boats out of Lake Oroville and shut down their boat rental business because water levels were too low and it was too hard to get to the marinas, said Jared Rael, who manages the marinas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late March, the water at Lake Oroville rose to 859 feet above sea level, about 230 feet higher than its low point in 2021, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public is going to benefit with the water being higher. Everything is easier to get to. They can just jump on the lake and have fun,” Rael said. “Right now we have tons of water. We have a high lake with a bunch of snowpack. We’re going to have a great year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The abundant precipitation has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-drought-water-restrictions-ending-f105039dadeab29e03edbe91cb630dbc\">prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift some of the state’s water restrictions\u003c/a> and stop asking people to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not declared the drought over because there are still water shortages along the California-Oregon border and parts of Southern California that rely on the struggling Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945859\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Areal view of water being held back by a dam.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64308_AP23095017110056-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oroville Dam (top right) holds back water at Lake Oroville on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Butte County. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cities and irrigation districts that provide water to farms will receive a big boost in water supplies from the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, networks of reservoirs and canals that supply water across California. Some farmers are using the stormwater to replenish underground aquifers that had become depleted after years of pumping and drought left wells dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials are warning residents not to let the current abundance let them revert to wasting water. In the era of climate change, one extremely wet year could be followed by several dry years, returning the state to drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given weather whiplash, we know the return of dry conditions and the intensity of the dry conditions that are likely to return means we have to be using water more efficiently,” Nemeth said. “We have to be adopting conservation as a way of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945858\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Boats on a leak with a bridge in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64311_AP23095017213207-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houseboats float near Lake Oroville’s Bidwell Bar Bridge on Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Butte County. Months of winter storms have replenished California’s key reservoirs after three years of punishing drought. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two winters’ worth of snow has already fallen in the Sierra Nevada since Christmas, pulling California from the depths of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-drought-snow-rain/\">extreme drought\u003c/a> into one of its wettest winters in memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a series of tropical storms slams the state, that bounty has become a flood risk as warm rains fall on the state’s record snowpack, causing rapid melting and jeopardizing Central Valley towns still soggy from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-floods-sacramento-valley/\">January’s deluges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expected surge of mountain runoff forced state officials on Wednesday to open the “floodgates” of Lake Oroville and other large reservoirs that store water for millions of Southern Californians and Central Valley farms. Releasing the water will make room for the storm’s water and melted snow, prevent the reservoirs from flooding local communities — and send more water downstream, into San Francisco Bay. The increased flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could help \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/water-board-waives-environmental-rules-delta-water/\">endangered salmon\u003c/a> migrate to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s the downside? These same storms are prematurely melting a deep and valuable snowpack that ideally would last later into the spring and summer, when farmers and cities need water the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms have created a tricky situation for officials who manage state and federal reservoirs in California, since they have to juggle the risk of flooding Central Valley communities with the risk of letting too much water go from reservoirs. They must strike a balance between holding enough water in storage, as long as they can, while maintaining room in reservoirs for more water later in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Water management in California is complicated, and it’s made even more complex during these challenging climate conditions where we see swings between very, very dry, very, very wet, back to dry. We’re now back into wet,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11938251 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62026_GettyImages-1455813510-qut-800x533.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=sto&fcst_timeframe=0¤t_color=all¤t_type=all&fcst_type=obs&conus_map=d_map¢er_point_lat=37.344684825174724¢er_point_lon=-121.66994459472116&default_zoom=8&marker=false\">Rivers in the San Joaquin Valley are forecast to flood today or Saturday.\u003c/a> Eleven locations are expected to reach flood stage, although no “danger stage” flooding is anticipated, according to Jeremy Arrich, deputy director of the Division of Flood Management with the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make room for more water, state and federal officials who manage California’s major dams and reservoirs are releasing water. Some will flow into the ocean — which aggravates many water managers, Central Valley legislators and growers, who often say freshwater that reaches the bay or ocean is wasted. However, efforts are underway to divert much of the released water into \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">depleted groundwater storage basins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the Department of Water Resources \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/Mar-23/Update-on-Lake-Oroville-Operations\">increased outflow of water from Oroville\u003c/a> from about 1,000 cubic feet per second to 3,500 cubic feet per second. By Friday, total releases could be as high as 15,000 cubic feet per second, according to Ted Craddock, deputy director of the State Water Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oroville is now more than 75% full, containing 2.7 million acre-feet of water — up from less than 1 million in the beginning of December. In spite of releases, the reservoir’s level will keep rising. Craddock said inflow in the next five days could hit 70,000 cubic feet per second. That’s about half a million gallons of water per second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11943221 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg\" alt=\"Side-by-side satellite images of a green landscape, with green water in the middle. The lake is not round but rather L-shaped, with the largest area pooling at the fulcrum. Whereas the picture on the left shows an outline of brown shoreline, the picture on the right shows much more green water and a significantly smaller brown shoreline.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite images show how January storms boosted water levels in parched Lake Oroville, one of the state’s largest reservoirs. State officials released water from the reservoir this week in anticipation of another major storm. \u003ccite>(NASA Earth Observatory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2017 Oroville’s levels reached so high that the \u003ca href=\"https://damfailures.org/case-study/oroville-dam-california-2017/\">overflow water damaged its spillway\u003c/a>. An emergency spillway had to be used, eroding a hillside and triggering evacuation of about 200,000 people in nearby communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced a similar operational move for Millerton Lake, the reservoir behind Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River, which supplies water to growers throughout the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-day rainfall totals will be “quite astounding” and “will lead to some really significant runoff,” said State Climatologist Michael Anderson. More storms are expected next week and later in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Craddock, DWR Deputy Director for the State Water Project, being interviewed by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RobMarciano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobMarciano\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC\u003c/a> on releasing water from the main spillway at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrovilleDam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OrovilleDam\u003c/a>. This is the second time the new spillway has been used – the first time was in April 2019. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/iWNfYWPNkD\">pic.twitter.com/iWNfYWPNkD\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CA – DWR (@CA_DWR) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CA_DWR/status/1634336843134291969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-rain-on-snow\">Rain on snow\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today’s storm is creating what watershed scientists and weather watchers call a “rain on snow” event. Earlier this winter, freezing elevations hovered as low as 3,000 feet, meaning precipitation above that fell as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has changed, Anderson said. Freezing levels have risen to as high as 7,000 feet in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, where the bulk of the snowpack has accumulated. A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HNX&issuedby=HNX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1\">National Weather Service forecast\u003c/a> shows freezing elevations even higher, at 9,000 feet, and warned that “snow will melt easily below 5,000 feet,” since it is already approaching the melting point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say the premature snowmelt from this storm likely won’t have much effect on supplies this spring and summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This winter, there has been an accumulation of snow at lower to mid-level elevations, which will experience melt during this storm and will generate runoff into foothill and valley communities,” said David Rizzardo, manager of the state water agency’s hydrology section.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"John Abatzoglou, climatology professor, UC Merced\"]‘As you add liquid to the snowpack, it gets denser, it gets warm, and it gets more apt to melt when the next storm comes.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However, at higher elevations, where the vast majority of the snowpack is, we will not experience significant melt. Even with higher snow levels above 8,000 feet in these storms, we still anticipate seeing additional snow accumulation at the higher elevations that will add to our snowpack totals, especially in the southern Sierra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, a UC Merced professor of climatology, said deep, soft snow has the physical capacity to absorb a great deal of rain. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Two winters’ worth of snow has already fallen in the Sierra Nevada since Christmas, pulling California from the depths of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-drought-snow-rain/\">extreme drought\u003c/a> into one of its wettest winters in memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a series of tropical storms slams the state, that bounty has become a flood risk as warm rains fall on the state’s record snowpack, causing rapid melting and jeopardizing Central Valley towns still soggy from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-floods-sacramento-valley/\">January’s deluges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expected surge of mountain runoff forced state officials on Wednesday to open the “floodgates” of Lake Oroville and other large reservoirs that store water for millions of Southern Californians and Central Valley farms. Releasing the water will make room for the storm’s water and melted snow, prevent the reservoirs from flooding local communities — and send more water downstream, into San Francisco Bay. The increased flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could help \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/water-board-waives-environmental-rules-delta-water/\">endangered salmon\u003c/a> migrate to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s the downside? These same storms are prematurely melting a deep and valuable snowpack that ideally would last later into the spring and summer, when farmers and cities need water the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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However, efforts are underway to divert much of the released water into \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">depleted groundwater storage basins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the Department of Water Resources \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/Mar-23/Update-on-Lake-Oroville-Operations\">increased outflow of water from Oroville\u003c/a> from about 1,000 cubic feet per second to 3,500 cubic feet per second. By Friday, total releases could be as high as 15,000 cubic feet per second, according to Ted Craddock, deputy director of the State Water Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oroville is now more than 75% full, containing 2.7 million acre-feet of water — up from less than 1 million in the beginning of December. In spite of releases, the reservoir’s level will keep rising. Craddock said inflow in the next five days could hit 70,000 cubic feet per second. That’s about half a million gallons of water per second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11943221 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg\" alt=\"Side-by-side satellite images of a green landscape, with green water in the middle. The lake is not round but rather L-shaped, with the largest area pooling at the fulcrum. 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More storms are expected next week and later in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Craddock, DWR Deputy Director for the State Water Project, being interviewed by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RobMarciano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobMarciano\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC\u003c/a> on releasing water from the main spillway at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrovilleDam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OrovilleDam\u003c/a>. This is the second time the new spillway has been used – the first time was in April 2019. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/iWNfYWPNkD\">pic.twitter.com/iWNfYWPNkD\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CA – DWR (@CA_DWR) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CA_DWR/status/1634336843134291969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-rain-on-snow\">Rain on snow\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today’s storm is creating what watershed scientists and weather watchers call a “rain on snow” event. Earlier this winter, freezing elevations hovered as low as 3,000 feet, meaning precipitation above that fell as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has changed, Anderson said. Freezing levels have risen to as high as 7,000 feet in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, where the bulk of the snowpack has accumulated. 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But if the winter is wetter than expected, the state could boost how much supply it plans to give out — as it did last year when allocations started at 0% and ended the winter at 5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absent an end to the drought, water-saving measures are poised to continue, including calls for people to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-colorado-river-droughts-business-889078912d1428e91477c254228a92b1\">rip up decorative grass\u003c/a>, limit outdoor watering, take shorter showers and run dishwashers only when full. 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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which services Los Angeles and much of Southern California, relies on the state for about one-third of its water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California’s supply is further threatened by the ongoing crisis afflicting the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/arizona-california-colorado-river-1736e64e6c30db3a10c9d2dedd948930\">Colorado River\u003c/a>, another major source for the heavily populated region. The district is working on a massive water recycling plant to eventually supplement supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Metropolitan is doing everything we can to alleviate the immediate crisis and make investments to provide more tools than emergency conservation alone,” Adel Hagekhalil, the district’s general manager, said in a statement. “But now we need the public’s help. 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But not making these decisions would have even more horrendous impacts for people,” Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, six growers organizations, including the California Farm Bureau and the Almond Alliance of California, said in a comment letter that the board does not have authority to curtail the rights of users with claims for properties next to waterways or that predate 1914 — the year California \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/board_info/water_rights_process.html\">enacted its water rights law\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Treading lightly there is probably a good idea on a prudential basis,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.cfbf.com/lawyersbio/daniel-test/\">Chris Scheuring\u003c/a>, senior counsel for the California Farm Bureau, said at Tuesday’s meeting. He also warned that smaller growers “could run afoul of an order or something in a very inadvertent way. 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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>\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 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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, 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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 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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. 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"content": "\u003cp>Historical records reveal\u003ca href=\"http://governors.library.ca.gov/32-pbrown.html\"> the late Gov. Pat Brown\u003c/a> misled voters about the cost of building the nation's tallest dam, ignored recommendations to delay construction and dismissed allegations that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/07/how-incompetent-rock-led-to-the-oroville-dam-crisis/\">substandard materials\u003c/a> were used to build the ambitious project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty years before a damaged spillway at the Oroville Dam \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/02/13/180000-still-evacuated-from-oroville-dam-emergency/\">forced thousands of people to evacuate\u003c/a>, Brown's administration overcame labor strikes, worker deaths and other scandals to get the dam built on time, the Sacramento Bee \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article150278687.html\">reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oroville Dam is one of the anchors of the state's water supply system. 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But experts believe the mess was caused at least in part by\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/18/report-design-building-and-upkeep-flaws-led-to-oroville-spillway-failure/\"> design and construction problems\u003c/a> decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It may come back to engineering hubris, and engineering hubris inevitably comes back to bite us in the butt in California,\" said Jeffrey Mount, a geologist and water expert at the\u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/home.asp\"> Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown was bent on building a dam and the accompanying\u003ca href=\"http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/\"> State Water Project\u003c/a> to expand water deliveries to the parched southern half of California, state archives, oral history interviews and other documents reveal. He campaigned relentlessly and convinced the Legislature and then the voters to approve a $1.75 billion bond measure when the federal government couldn't help with funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He later acknowledged in an interview for an oral history project at UC Berkeley that he and his advisers realized the project's true cost was probably around $2.5 billion, but they weren't sure voters could handle such a number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believed cost didn't really matter, given what was at stake. When advisers urged him to postpone construction because of cost issues, he reasoned that delay would only lead to higher costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You need water. Whatever it costs, you have to have it,\" he told the Berkeley interviewers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dam's construction took five years and was rife with problems. Local historians say 34 men died building the dam and the surrounding infrastructure. Workers went on numerous strikes, and in 1964 at least three state workers were fired for buying land near the dam site, knowing they'd profit when the state bought it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest controversy came in 1964 when an Oroville newspaper published allegations that substandard materials were being used at the construction site. Brown called the story \"irresponsible and erroneous.\" State officials later wrote a report that said there was no evidence that the dam \"was designed or is being built in an unsafe manner.\"[contextly_sidebar id=\"m0arIJKKfesRWOrf4Wopo0gqhM9xKG96\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J. David Rogers, an engineering expert and dam historian at Missouri University of Science & Technology, said the main spillway apparently didn't get the same level of attention as the main dam. Top engineers and consultants were brought in from all over the world to ensure the bedrock was strong enough to support the dam. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Historical records reveal\u003ca href=\"http://governors.library.ca.gov/32-pbrown.html\"> the late Gov. Pat Brown\u003c/a> misled voters about the cost of building the nation's tallest dam, ignored recommendations to delay construction and dismissed allegations that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/07/how-incompetent-rock-led-to-the-oroville-dam-crisis/\">substandard materials\u003c/a> were used to build the ambitious project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty years before a damaged spillway at the Oroville Dam \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/02/13/180000-still-evacuated-from-oroville-dam-emergency/\">forced thousands of people to evacuate\u003c/a>, Brown's administration overcame labor strikes, worker deaths and other scandals to get the dam built on time, the Sacramento Bee \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article150278687.html\">reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oroville Dam is one of the anchors of the state's water supply system. In February, two spillways at the 770-foot-tall dam \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/02/15/map-see-how-oroville-dam-crisis-unfolded/\">began ripping away \u003c/a>under unusually heavy rain and snow melt, threatening to flood towns downstream. Nearly 200,000 people were given only an hour's notice to escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11459354\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11459354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Governor_Edmund_G._-Pat-_Brown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Governor_Edmund_G._-Pat-_Brown.jpg 592w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Governor_Edmund_G._-Pat-_Brown-160x203.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Governor_Edmund_G._-Pat-_Brown-240x304.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Governor_Edmund_G._-Pat-_Brown-375x476.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Governor_Edmund_G._-Pat-_Brown-520x660.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edmund G. \"Pat\" Brown, 32nd governor of California \u003ccite>(California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state got a handle on the crisis, and it is rushing to carry out hundreds of millions of dollars in repairs before the next rainy season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bee said it didn't find anything in the historical records that directly foreshadowed the spillway troubles. But experts believe the mess was caused at least in part by\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/18/report-design-building-and-upkeep-flaws-led-to-oroville-spillway-failure/\"> design and construction problems\u003c/a> decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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