managing water in challenging times
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Managing Water in Challenging Times
Todd Manley
Northern California Water Association
April 30, 2015
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California Trends Affecting Water Supplies
California Population Growth and Urbanization
2014 - 38 Million People (Canada 34 Million); 2050 - 51 Million People
43 million acres of agricultural land; 9 million acres irrigated
14 million houses; Development converts 40,000 acres of ag land per year
Interest Groups Vying for Limited Water Resources
State, Federal and Local Agency Power and Interaction
Urban, Agricultural, and Environmental Interest Groups
Climate Change
50 to 90 year wet and dry cycles in past (Prof Ingram, UC Berkeley 2014)
Current science indicates less snow pack (less snow precipitation, earlier snowmelt)
Many severe hydrologic droughts lasting 10 years recorded in dendrochronological record (tree rings)
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California Precipitation
Variable & ExtremeOver Time & Location
Most precipitation occursNovember - March
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SOURCE: http://education.usgs.gov/california/resources.html#water
California Statewide Precipitation
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Average
Annual Runoff
~71 MAF/Year
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California’s
Major River
Systems
Distribution of Average
Runoff
56 MAF North (80%)
15 MAF South (20%)
Distribution of Water Use
15 MAF North (33%)
29 MAF South (67%)
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California Water Supply Systems
1998-2005 average.. Does not include reuse or recycling. Quantities vary by year.
55%
22%4%
12%
7%
Local -- 38.3 maf
Colorado -- 4.8 maf
Federal -- 8.1 maf
State -- 2.9 maf
Groundwater -- 15.0 maf
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2014
Regional
Snowpack:
% of April
Average
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Current
Reservoir
Conditions
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2014 & 2015 – The
Convergence of Low
Carryover Storage and
Minimal Precipitation
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How is the Drought Impacting
the Sacramento Valley?
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Folsom Lake – February 2014
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Water
Resources
Management
Entities
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State/Federal Actions – 2014/2015
Governor’s Drought Proclamation
SWRCB:
oTemporary Urgency Change Permit
oNotices of Curtailment
SWP/CVP Project Operation Scenarios
State Drought Legislation
Federal Drought Aid
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DWR, Bull. 160
Urban
4%Irrigated
Agriculture
36%
Managed
Wetlands
3%
Required Delta
Outflow
24%
Instream Flow
19%
Wild & Scenic
Rivers
14%
Sacramento River Hydrologic Region Water Use
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Other Drought-Related Activities
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Groundwater Legislation - 2014 New Requirements:
oGroundwater Sustainability Agency – Must be identified by 2017
oGroundwater Sustainability Plans – must be completed by 2022
o If these deadlines are not met, the SWRCB can take over management of the groundwater basin
oMore advanced deadlines for basins DWR determines are in overdraft
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Legislation
State
Groundwater
Streamlining Permitting
Budget (GW, Proposition 1)
Federal
Drought Bill?
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Voices from the Valley
www.norcalwater.org
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What’s at Stake?The importance of protecting
water resources in the
Sacramento Valley