As of midnight – 01/14/2023
OROVILLE inflow was 36,455 cubic feet per second calculates out to 16,363,191 gallons per minute.
SHASTA inflow was 50,021 cubic feet per second calculates out to 22,452,426 gallons per minute.
And just where would you put in a new water retention reserve? I’m waiting? Individual cities and counties are flooding because of poor land use and elevation…
Its so cute that there are still people who think voting for Republicans or Democrats makes any difference whatsoever. You big silly. If you aren’t rich, a land owner, or a corporation neither side is on your side. Wake up. 😄 🤣 😂
Voting Democrat and/ or Republican can get us into wars, depressions, recessions, debt passed on to future generations, bigger booms and then bigger busts; Democrats and Republicans can and do get us into bigger trouble than it already was.D
Typical dumb and uninformed comment from a Republican. California voters voted to spend the money on the high speed rail through a ballot referendum, it wasn’t politicians who decided to spend that money, it was the voters themselves. You can say all you want about voters making that decision, but trying to say it was because you voted for a Democrat just makes you look idiotic.
The chart is great! Thanks for the reference to the sheet that shows the details. The chart (when zoomed in a little) does a great job of presenting all the important information on the report in a easy to understand graphic (it helps to look at the Legend 🙂
The underground water tables need to fill up. The drought has been going so long that the water bounces off the ground and goes down to the ocean. Underground water storage is very important,it keeps the evaporation level way down.
If you have to figure it out it isn’t any good. I was educated in California and could make a better chart in a couple of minutes. More than likely this chart was made by an easterner.
I came across this chart a few years ago and it’s very easy to understand.
Percentage of capacity filled, and percentage of historical average. It’s not that difficult to figure out.
Where are the dams and reservoirs that were supposed to be built after taxpayers approved a bond about 8 years ago. Only one is in the planning stage and the wacko environmentalists are disrupting the process. In the meantime, some reservoirs are letting water out over the spillway and water is flowing straight out into the ocean.
The chart is totally understandable. We still have a long way to go out if this drought.
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WC
January 15, 2023 - 1:23 PM 1:23 PM
What goes in – goes out.
“But 94% of the water that has flowed since New Year’s Eve through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a linchpin of California’s water system, has continued straight to the Pacific Ocean instead of being captured and stored in the state’s reservoirs.”
If the tunnels (or tunnel) is built, southern Ca. and valley farms can have as much water as they want
(when conditions are like this).
The rest of the time they can forget it… or the delta will become a salt marsh.
Yes, this is what I’ve been wondering.
There’s no point having all that water flowing into the reservoir, if it’s not impounded for the summer.
If you’re just going to let it all flow downstream anyway, why bother to have the reservoir at all?
And yes, I am aware that a reservoir has other functions than just water storage for dry periods.
It’s not as simple as filling a bowl to the top. There is the snow melt that’ll be coming out of the mountains in the spring. The reservoirs have to be able to handle that without overflowing. And measured outflow from a reservoir takes time and skill.
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Parent
January 15, 2023 - 2:13 PM 2:13 PM
FALSE NEWS!!!
We are in the middle of big drought! The signs on Highway 80, save SEVERE DROUGHT, CONSERVE WATER.
Captain
Not sure some people caught my original post as sarcasm … thank you to you for catching the sarcasm!
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DD
January 15, 2023 - 3:11 PM 3:11 PM
No Duh?
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AN
January 15, 2023 - 5:56 PM 5:56 PM
So when officials scare you with the reservoir capacity %, they are telling you half truth. For example, look at Oroville, 54% capacity sound scary. But it is 99% of average. Look at Pine Flat, 44% capacity but is 119% of average.
Like all things, it’s complicated. The news tends to crow when the early snow pack is above average, but early in the season, it means nothing.
Reservoir capacity and fill vs average for the time in the season has to be interpreted not just with regard to remaining expected rainfall but also snow pack content.
This is farther complicated by ground water deficits from year after year of over pumping.
Long and short: yes it’s wet, and reservoirs are looking pretty good. But California’s fresh water problems are far from over.
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Exit 12A
January 15, 2023 - 6:04 PM 6:04 PM
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Several reservoirs are fed by the snowpack and some reservoirs are refilled due to their watershed.
It is HIGHLY misleading to quote “seasonal average” unless the source of refill (watershed vs snowpack) is clearly stated.
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Very true. I am also curious what the span of years is for historical average, and what the median is as well. There is a snow pack measurement site as well, but as this is another CA bureaucracy, I take all data with a grain of salt.
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Cautiously Informed
January 15, 2023 - 7:42 PM 7:42 PM
It’s Global Warming. The weather patterns of the last 30 to 50 years supersede the weather patterns that have been occurring on planet Earth for the last 3+ billion years.
Didn’t realize we had a weatherman for the last 3 plus billion years 🤣.
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The Fearless Spectator
January 16, 2023 - 8:52 AM 8:52 AM
I placed an empty five gallon bucket outside last night and in twenty minutes it was overflowing. Imagine what would happen if California improved its water containment capabilities.
Apparently it’s not a politically advantageous topic.
A simultaneous draught emergency and flood emergency: Only in California.
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Bob
January 16, 2023 - 11:21 AM 11:21 AM
Just remember whatever happens, it’s our fault and more regulations/taxes will be required.
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Bill
January 16, 2023 - 3:30 PM 3:30 PM
I thought the State of California was going to enlarge Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Brentwood. What ever happened to that plan?
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Robert tharp
January 16, 2023 - 7:09 PM 7:09 PM
The likes that are filling up me nothing it’s the aquifers that we are interested in
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Dean
January 17, 2023 - 5:39 AM 5:39 AM
I don’t know a lot about water she’s and the likes but I thank you Jesus for the water you are giving us 🙏
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Levi
January 17, 2023 - 3:10 PM 3:10 PM
It is nice that someone took the time to put this together. It would ne nicer if the were honest with the information or find a better information resource. A couple of years ago they let out a bunch of water out of Folsom because a big storm was coming and they said it was amost at capacity. The storm did not produce the water they “thought” it would. So we had to keep paying the drought fee on our water bill. It’s all a bunch of hocus pocus.
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Jerry
January 17, 2023 - 7:53 PM 7:53 PM
Okay I’m a Democrat and I voted for the bullet train I won’t vote for more water storage just so farmers can have it and raise our prices they can store their own damn water without my tax money
Confusing chart. Could have been better.
Here’s a couple sites that might help,
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=RES
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Lake Oroville level is now higher than it was for all of 2022
https://oroville.lakesonline.com/Level/
As of midnight – 01/14/2023
OROVILLE inflow was 36,455 cubic feet per second calculates out to 16,363,191 gallons per minute.
SHASTA inflow was 50,021 cubic feet per second calculates out to 22,452,426 gallons per minute.
Thank God we spent all of that money on the bullet train and none on water retention! Keep voting Democrat folks at some point you will catch on!
And just where would you put in a new water retention reserve? I’m waiting? Individual cities and counties are flooding because of poor land use and elevation…
Its so cute that there are still people who think voting for Republicans or Democrats makes any difference whatsoever. You big silly. If you aren’t rich, a land owner, or a corporation neither side is on your side. Wake up. 😄 🤣 😂
Voting Democrat and/ or Republican can get us into wars, depressions, recessions, debt passed on to future generations, bigger booms and then bigger busts; Democrats and Republicans can and do get us into bigger trouble than it already was.D
Typical dumb and uninformed comment from a Republican. California voters voted to spend the money on the high speed rail through a ballot referendum, it wasn’t politicians who decided to spend that money, it was the voters themselves. You can say all you want about voters making that decision, but trying to say it was because you voted for a Democrat just makes you look idiotic.
The chart is great! Thanks for the reference to the sheet that shows the details. The chart (when zoomed in a little) does a great job of presenting all the important information on the report in a easy to understand graphic (it helps to look at the Legend 🙂
Chart is a great visual to see results of current storms. Legend and color coding make clear and easy to decipher. Keep updating please!
The underground water tables need to fill up. The drought has been going so long that the water bounces off the ground and goes down to the ocean. Underground water storage is very important,it keeps the evaporation level way down.
If you have to figure it out it isn’t any good. I was educated in California and could make a better chart in a couple of minutes. More than likely this chart was made by an easterner.
I came across this chart a few years ago and it’s very easy to understand.
Percentage of capacity filled, and percentage of historical average. It’s not that difficult to figure out.
Great map showing current and historic levels of reservoirs around CA. Easy to understand at a glance!
Most of the water runs off to the sea. CA water Department is not doing a good job!
Where are the dams and reservoirs that were supposed to be built after taxpayers approved a bond about 8 years ago. Only one is in the planning stage and the wacko environmentalists are disrupting the process. In the meantime, some reservoirs are letting water out over the spillway and water is flowing straight out into the ocean.
The chart is totally understandable. We still have a long way to go out if this drought.
What goes in – goes out.
“But 94% of the water that has flowed since New Year’s Eve through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a linchpin of California’s water system, has continued straight to the Pacific Ocean instead of being captured and stored in the state’s reservoirs.”
https://tinyurl.com/2qmw2zg2
If the tunnels (or tunnel) is built, southern Ca. and valley farms can have as much water as they want
(when conditions are like this).
The rest of the time they can forget it… or the delta will become a salt marsh.
Yes, this is what I’ve been wondering.
There’s no point having all that water flowing into the reservoir, if it’s not impounded for the summer.
If you’re just going to let it all flow downstream anyway, why bother to have the reservoir at all?
And yes, I am aware that a reservoir has other functions than just water storage for dry periods.
It’s not as simple as filling a bowl to the top. There is the snow melt that’ll be coming out of the mountains in the spring. The reservoirs have to be able to handle that without overflowing. And measured outflow from a reservoir takes time and skill.
FALSE NEWS!!!
We are in the middle of big drought! The signs on Highway 80, save SEVERE DROUGHT, CONSERVE WATER.
Happy Rainy Sunday folks!
They need to point the sign to the sky. It’s dropping water all over the place. 😁
Captain
Not sure some people caught my original post as sarcasm … thank you to you for catching the sarcasm!
No Duh?
So when officials scare you with the reservoir capacity %, they are telling you half truth. For example, look at Oroville, 54% capacity sound scary. But it is 99% of average. Look at Pine Flat, 44% capacity but is 119% of average.
Like all things, it’s complicated. The news tends to crow when the early snow pack is above average, but early in the season, it means nothing.
Reservoir capacity and fill vs average for the time in the season has to be interpreted not just with regard to remaining expected rainfall but also snow pack content.
This is farther complicated by ground water deficits from year after year of over pumping.
Long and short: yes it’s wet, and reservoirs are looking pretty good. But California’s fresh water problems are far from over.
.
Several reservoirs are fed by the snowpack and some reservoirs are refilled due to their watershed.
It is HIGHLY misleading to quote “seasonal average” unless the source of refill (watershed vs snowpack) is clearly stated.
.
Very true. I am also curious what the span of years is for historical average, and what the median is as well. There is a snow pack measurement site as well, but as this is another CA bureaucracy, I take all data with a grain of salt.
It’s Global Warming. The weather patterns of the last 30 to 50 years supersede the weather patterns that have been occurring on planet Earth for the last 3+ billion years.
This reminds me of that series of storms in January 84,562 BC.
Didn’t realize we had a weatherman for the last 3 plus billion years 🤣.
I placed an empty five gallon bucket outside last night and in twenty minutes it was overflowing. Imagine what would happen if California improved its water containment capabilities.
Apparently it’s not a politically advantageous topic.
A simultaneous draught emergency and flood emergency: Only in California.
Just remember whatever happens, it’s our fault and more regulations/taxes will be required.
I thought the State of California was going to enlarge Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Brentwood. What ever happened to that plan?
The likes that are filling up me nothing it’s the aquifers that we are interested in
I don’t know a lot about water she’s and the likes but I thank you Jesus for the water you are giving us 🙏
It is nice that someone took the time to put this together. It would ne nicer if the were honest with the information or find a better information resource. A couple of years ago they let out a bunch of water out of Folsom because a big storm was coming and they said it was amost at capacity. The storm did not produce the water they “thought” it would. So we had to keep paying the drought fee on our water bill. It’s all a bunch of hocus pocus.
Okay I’m a Democrat and I voted for the bullet train I won’t vote for more water storage just so farmers can have it and raise our prices they can store their own damn water without my tax money