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Droughts in California. The historical and ongoing droughts in California result from various complex meteorological phenomena, some of which are not fully understood by scientists. Drought is generally defined as "a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time (usually a season or more), resulting in a water shortage." [1]
The 2011–2017 California drought persisted from December 2011 to March 2017 [1] and consisted of the driest period in California 's recorded history, late 2011 through 2014. [2] The drought wiped out 102 million trees from 2011 to 2016, 62 million of those during 2016 alone. [3] The cause of the drought was attributed to a ridge of high ...
2017 California floods. The South Yuba River at Highway 49 floods after heavy rain on January 9, 2017. The flow is about 25,000 cubic feet per second (710 m 3 /s), more than 40 times the normal rate. Flooding in 2017 affected parts of California in the first half of the year. Northern California saw its wettest winter in almost a century ...
Effective June 1, customers in Santa Clara County are permitted to water outdoors only twice a week and only between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. New drought rules take effect in, around San Jose [Video ...
Gov. Newsom asked Californians to reduce their water usage by 15% last year. ... water use by 15% amid a worsening drought, water conservation ... reduced water usage by 14.5% and the San ...
WATER RESTRICTIONS: With the new rules in San Jose, lawn watering is now limited to two days per week, no more than 15 minutes at a time and not between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Website. www .valleywater .org. The Santa Clara Valley Water District (also known as Valley Water) provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The district encompasses all of the county's 1,300 square miles (3,400 km 2) and serves the area's ...
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay Municipal Utility District board voted Wednesday to immediately begin water restrictions for 1.4 million residents, following its declaration of a Stage ...