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California is the only state with a groundwater law that includes provisions intended to protect groundwater-dependent ecosystems. But the law, adopted in 2014, gives considerable leeway to local ...
Gov. Newsom asked Californians to reduce their water usage by 15% last year. Most places are nowhere near that mark. California's water conservation has been a bust so far.
The state water board adopted the rules a day after Newsom met with leaders of large urban water suppliers and urged them to step up efforts to get people to reduce water use. In July, Newsom ...
Many millions of California trees died from the drought – approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. [32] By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels. [33]
In fact, these effects are already evident in the state. For instance, the drought of 2012–2016 was the most extreme drought that the state has ever seen, and droughts were the most common disaster source in California in 2016 according to the State of California Hazard Mitigation Plan. [120]
California was ravaged by the state’s driest three years on record from 2020-22. Read more: State Water Project supplies could fall up to 23% within 20 years due to climate change
In March 1966, Implementation of the California Water Plan [9] was released as Bulletin 160. All subsequent updates to the Water Plan have been issued under that bulletin number. The Sierra Nevada snowpack is the state’s largest surface “reservoir,” providing an average of 15 million acre-feet of water per year, mostly between April and July.
Following two wet winters that boosted California’s water supplies, Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially lifted a drought emergency declaration in 19 counties that are home to 70% of the state’s ...