Posted on 02/13/2017 10:29:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
Releases from Shasta Dam at 20-year high
Water releases from Shasta Lake are at the highest they've been in 20 years as the lake nears full capacity Monday.
The lake stood at 96 percent of capacity and 137 percent of the historical average, as of midnight Monday, according to the California Department of Water Resources.
Water officials are releasing 70,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Shasta Dam as the lake stands just 5 feet from the top of the reservoir, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said.
"This is higher than it should be for this point in time," the sheriff's office said. "The release is necessary for space to allow future storms and to prevent uncontrolled release and flooding."
The reservoir holds 4,552,000 acre-feet and added nearly 4,400,000 acre-feet in Shasta Lake, as of early Monday morning, DWR records show.
This comes as nearly 190,000 residents in Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties remain evacuated as Lake Oroville's emergency spillway was in danger of failing while the reservoir's water levels have receded.
We honeymooned there in the Fall of ‘74.
It appears that all of the lakes drain into the Sacramento river. This map shows all the lakes in CA. Troubling future scenarios for rain and snow melt.
http://geology.com/lakes-rivers-water/california.shtml
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