By Christine Souza, Ag Alert “We need a Miracle March,” Kern County almond grower Don Davis says, expressing the concern of many farmers as California drops deeper into drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor said last week 85% of the state...
Agricultural contractors north and south of Delta at 5%; Friant Class 1 at 20% From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial 2021 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project contractors. Allocation amounts are based...
Prepared for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani Federal and State reservoirs in California have lost about 132,000 AF since the beginning of December. Overall north CVP storage still stands at 89% of the 15-year average with Trinity, Shasta, New Melones,...
Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The first two months of the new 2020-2021 water-year (WY) have been dry, without substantial precipitation accumulations across the CVP. The last notable accumulations were on November 18th. Precipitation totals for the...
Prepared by Robert Shibatani exclusively for Maven’s Notebook As of June 30, 2020 The ability of the State to “ride” on its established carryover storage was on vivid display this month. Our north CVP reservoir storage as of today, stands...
