Russian River Water Update 12/26/23
PG&E Potter Valley Project Flow Variance Ends
On December 19, 2023, at approximately 2:30 pm, Lake Pillsbury’s storage level exceeded the 36,000 acre-feet threshold, terminating the 2023 Potter Valley variance.
TRANS BASIN DIVERSION UPDATE
HUFFMAN DELIVERS $2 MILLION GRANT FOR SONOMA WATER TO STUDY POTENTIAL FISH-FRIENDLY DIVERSION TO RUSSIAN RIVER
DECEMBER 19, 2023
San Rafael, CA – The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $2 million grant to Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) meant to study a diversion from the Eel River to the Russian River that will have the least possible impact on salmon and steelhead.
Press Release also ran in the following;
- US Congressmember Jared Huffman website
- Redheaded Blackbelt
- Press Bee
- Ukiah Daily Journal
- Sonoma County Gazette
More articles on PG&E’s draft decommissioning plan:
- Press Democrat: PG&E formalizes plan to eliminate Lake Pillsbury in Mendocino National Forest in landmark move, 11/17/23
- Lake County Record-Bee: PG&E draft plans for Scott Dam, pilloried as tone deaf - BOS condemns PG&E for excluding Lake Co. from plans, 12/11/23
- Marin Independent Journal: Marin water suppliers laud Mendocino water diversion plan, 12/9/23
- Sonoma County Gazette: Sonoma and Mendocino counties unite with Round Valley Indian tribes to preserve vital water resources, 12/14/23
In the press:
Pacific Institute publishes new report: Addressing Impediments and Incentives for Agricultural Reuse, December 2023
- NOAA: Water Year 2023 Summary, 12/25/23
- Grist: How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland, 12/20/23
- Phys.org: Is El Niño's reputation as a legendary rainmaker overblown?, 12/18/23
- USA Today: How removing 4 dams will return salmon to the Klamath River and the river to the people, 12/26/23
- CA Water Blog: How the Grinch Saved the Creek: A Collection of California Water Fables, 12/24/23
- Inside Climate News: In California, Farmers Test a Method to Sink More Water into Underground Stores, 11/29/23
- The Revelator: Why Dam Removal Is a Climate Solution, 12/18/23
- CA Water Blog: Science seen from different perspectives, 12/17/23
- Brown & Caldwell: Top 10 water news stories of 2023: Resiliency, 12/21/23
- CalMatters Year in review: Climate change and flooding hit home in California, 12/20/23
- NOAA: What We’ve Learned About Our Climate Since 2015, 12/21/23