Lake Mendocino fell below target level more than a month early
9/27/2021 12:09:38 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Mendocino County, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Start Date: 8/26/2021
- End Date: 10/1/2021
The Sonoma County Water Agency recommended a minimum storage goal of 20,000 acre-feet for Lake Mendocino by Oct. 1, 2021 to provide adequate carry-over water supply at the start of the 2021-22 fall-winter rainy season, but the reservoir already dropped below the target on Aug. 26. The low water storage clearly indicates that the historic drought in the Russian River watershed was worsening.
Petaluma, CA Patch (CA), Aug 28, 2021
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