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CDFW has issued strong flow requirements for the Sacramento River before water could be diverted to the proposed Sites Reservoir. Important for them to hold the line and not agree to weaker standards. No doubt the big water users are pounding on Gov. Newsom to back away from these. Please don’t. see www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article225944195.html
Sites Reservoir is Sacramento Valley’s water project. But L.A. is taking a huge role
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Sites Reservoir was heralded as the Sacramento Valley’s answer to California water problems. But the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is taking on a bigger role.
So how fast could the Sites Reservoir be filled with the current storm flows going down the Sacramento River?
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Westlands Water District Is also a small player in Sites reservoir. But the overall effect, if MWD, was able to secure its full allocation of 50K Acre feet, would still leave 1.75M Acre feet available! And as the states own findings, the environmental benefits to the fish(through more cold water releases thru Shasta) would be significantly better than current practices.
Just in, number of adult salmon that returned to the Sacramento Valley in 2018 (not great) and number of two year old jacks that returned (much better than last year). The two year old number is used to estimate how many adults are in the ocean now, which in turn is key to determining the coming season. 2018 jack returns: 41,184. Compare this to 24,400 jacks that returned in 2017. See goo.gl/1CD31b and check pages 33 and 205.
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Remember the big rains we got in the spring of 2017? That water is what produced this good size jack return last summer. Those jacks were born in 2016 and when they left the Cen. Valley for the ocean in spring '17, that heavy runoff boosted their survival big time. Proof positive that more flow equals more salmon.
Water = fish! These are very encouraging numbers. Will we be constrained however by the three yr mean and “overfished” status?
We have plenty of water now let water flow into stream and rivers save are salmon
Ca will screw it like usual and release to much from the reservoirs and lakes. Then declare a drought so they can’t release water.
Jack count checks out based on anecdotal reports of shorties last year. Good news.
Would like to think this would equate to twice the amount of time for a commercial vessel than last year. We will see. #nopigionpointsouthagain
Seeing results from end of draught
EBMUD always times their releases with the hatchery 👍too bad the Sac can’t follow along 😡
EBMUD always times their releases with the hatchery 👍too bad the Sac can’t follow along 😡
Fish on!
Fish on!!