Tule River Lake Success Storage Limit Lifted It doesn’t much matter in the midst of drought with Tule River runoff predicted to be just 10% of average during the current water year but full storage capacity has been restored in…
Tag: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Draft Rule, Study May Expand Clean Water Act
Draft Rule, Study May Expand Clean Water Act Federal Clean Water Act regulatory tentacles appear to again be expanding through a new rulemaking process and worrisome draft study. In late September, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of…
Agencies Place New Focus On Flood Risks
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Agencies Place New Focus On Flood Risks Flooding may not be much on the minds of Californians as a second consecutive much below average rain and snow season winds down but…
Around Friant and the Valley
SUCCESS DAM Safety Concerns Shifted Thirteen years after its growing Success Dam seismic safety concerns began leading to Lake Success capacity constraints, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has shifted its primary worry to the spillway and potential for flood…