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220 years and one for 140 years. The 20th century was fraught with numerous droughts, yet this era could be considered relatively "wet" compared against an expansive 3,500 year history. In recent times, droughts lasting five to 10 years have raised concern, but are not anomalous. Rather, decade long droughts are an ordinary feature of the state's innate climate. Based on scientific evidence, dry spells as severe as the mega-droughts detected from the distant past are likely to recur, even in absence of anthropogenic climate change.
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size of the reservoir, it is difficult to balance the need for winter flood-control space with the need to store water for the summer. This often results in a failure to fill the lake due to a lower than expected spring snowmelt. Water managers and hydrology experts have criticized the outdated, overly conservative operation criteria at Folsom Dam, citing improved weather forecasting and snowpack measurement technology.
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water will also decrease. With that said the relationship between surface water and groundwater contribute to the hydrologic system, and groundwater helps maintain surface water flows during extended dry periods. With both sources diminishing, the quality and availability of water will decrease. People can become ill from lack of water.
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must respond to a wider range of runoff conditions. Lake
Oroville is typically limited to 79–89 percent of capacity during the winter and Folsom Lake to 33–60 percent. These values are often adjusted up and down based on the amount of rain and snow forecast. At Folsom Lake, due to the small
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named the probability of the presence of El Niño conditions until the end of 2015 at 80%. Historically, El Niño conditions were present during sixteen winters between 1951 and 2015. Six of those had below-average rainfall, five had average rainfall, and five had above-average rainfall. However, as of
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resulting in the temporary evacuation of 200,000 people. The combined inflow to Shasta, Oroville and Folsom Lakes on
February 9 was 764,445 acre-feet (0.942929 km). Two days later, the combined flood control release was 370,260 acre-feet (0.45671 km). This water would have been worth $ 370M
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There are five major technical categories of drought: (1) Meteorological, (2) Agricultural, (3) Hydrological, (4) Socioeconomic, and (5) Ecological. A meteorological drought may be short lived without causing disturbance; but when longer lasting may enter other categories according to its impacts. In
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was losing 1 billion gallons per day to Flow
Augmentation. This happened during historic drought, while Trinity was at only 50% of historical average, and all other major California lakes were at least 91% of historical average. The Trinity River Restoration Program is responsible for regulating the
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functions. Due to the limited capacity of river channels and dam spillways, reservoirs cannot be quickly drained before major storms. This limits how much of a reservoir's capacity can be used for long-term storage. Reservoirs in
California are designed to control either rain floods, snowmelt floods
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Adaptation is the process of adjusting to circumstances, which means not trying to stop the drought, but trying to preserve the water given the drought conditions. This is the most used option, because stopping a drought is difficult given that it is a meteorological process. Adapting to the problem
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Many millions of
California trees died from the drought – approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. 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
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2007–2009 saw three years of drought conditions, the 12th worst drought period in the state's history, and the first drought for which a statewide proclamation of emergency was issued. The drought of 2007–2009 also saw greatly reduced water diversions from the state water project. The summer of 2007
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has substantially increased the overall likelihood of extreme
California droughts." A study published in 2016 found that the net effect of climate change has made agricultural droughts less likely, with the authors also stating that "Our results indicate that the current severe impacts of drought on
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California. Across the Californian region, paleoclimate records dating back more than 1,000 years show more significant dry periods compared to the latest century. Ancient data reveals two mega-droughts that endured for well over a century, one lasting
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and dry air masses in the atmosphere commonly underlie drought conditions; these natural factors are further complicated by increases in populations and water demands. Since the
California water supply is attained from numerous sources, fulfilled by varied and intricate weather patterns, there is no
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diminishes at a much lower rate than runoff, the lack of runoff will lead to increased groundwater pumping to meet the needs of the water demand. If groundwater is being pumped at a rate higher than it can be replenished by precipitation then groundwater levels will begin to fall and the quality of
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will lead to land sinking and permanent loss of groundwater storage. Decreasing groundwater levels lead to exposing of underground water storage areas, this will cause lack of soil structure strength and possible sinking if the land above is heavy enough. This has already begun in certain parts of
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near Fresno, which is restricted to about 53 percent capacity well into spring in order to capture summer snowmelt. However, Pine Flat and other San
Joaquin reservoirs are frequently ineffectual in controlling rain floods, because they cannot release water fast enough between winter storms.
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or IPCC, their Sixth
Assessment Report (AR6) on the effects of climate change revealed a number of scientifically supported claims on what is to become the future of the earth. While variability in climate patterns are a natural occurrence, AR6 concluded that human influences have increased the
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Despite Nestle's claims of acting according to the law, however, in 2017 California authorities found that the company extracted 58 million gallons, far surpassing the 2.3 million gallons per year it had rights to claim. Lately, locals have been fighting back against the "stealing" of precious
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Because much of California's water network relies on a system of pumps to move water from north to south, large volumes of water are often lost to the Pacific Ocean during winter storms when river flow exceeds the capacity of the pumps. This is further complicated by environmental rules which
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Increasingly dramatic fluctuations in California weather have been observed in the 21st century. In 2015, California experienced its lowest snowpack in at least 500 years; the 2012–15 period was the driest in at least 1200 years. However, the winter of 2016–17 was the wettest ever recorded in
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method of statistical analysis of multivariate data to the problem of determining the conditional probability of drought one or two years into the future, with the area of special interest being California. Christensen et al. (1980) demonstrated an information-theoretic model predicted the
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The period between late 2011 and 2014 was the driest in California history since record-keeping began. In May 2015, a state resident poll conducted by Field Poll found that two out of three respondents agreed that it should be mandated for water agencies to reduce water consumption by 25%.
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in early February, prompting the temporary evacuation of nearly 200,000 people north of Sacramento. In response to the heavy precipitation, which flooded multiple rivers and filled most of the state's major reservoirs, Governor Brown declared an official end to the drought on April 7.
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storms can generate massive precipitation in a short period (often up to 50 percent of the total annual rainfall in just a few storms). This requires a certain safety margin to be maintained in reservoirs, which are often not allowed to capacity until late April or May.
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Drought Task Force report of 2014, the drought is not part of a long-term change in precipitation and was a symptom of the natural variability, although the record-high temperature that accompanied the recent drought may have been amplified due to human-induced
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levels. Heavy rains in January 2017 were expected to have a significant benefit to the state's northern water reserves, despite widespread power outages and erosional damage in the wake of the deluge. Among the casualties of the rain was 1,000 year-old
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one cause of drought. California is not only the most populous state and largest agricultural producer in the United States, it is also the most biodiverse; as such, drought in California can have a far reaching economic and environmental impacts.
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for Orange County and has already built and is operating a seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad for San Diego County. Combined the two plants will provide 100 million gallons of drinking water per day, or enough water for about 800,000 people.
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California has one of the most variable climates of any U.S. state, and often experiences very wet years followed by extremely dry ones. The state's reservoirs have insufficient capacity to balance the water supply between wet and dry years.
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Water is managed by government consent, which assumes ownership and management of all free flowing rivers, lakes, and bodies of water in its jurisdictions. In many cases in the US, water has been used for commercial purposes, such as
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in California occurs mostly from November to May, with the vast majority of rain and snowfall across the state occurring during the winter months. This delicate balance means that a dry rainy season can have lasting consequences.
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probability that precipitation will be below or above average with modest but statistically significant skill one, two and even three years into the future. It was this pioneering work that discovered the influence of El Nino
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Additionally as drought prediction was essentially random and in response to recent severe drought years, in 1977 the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Water Research and Technology contracted
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Orange County is working toward water independence by building the world's largest indirect potable water recycling project – the Groundwater Replenishment System. Poseidon Water is also developing a
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2015, 9,400,000 acre-feet (11.6 km) of water flowed through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, but only 1,900,000 acre-feet (2.3 km) were recovered into water distribution systems.
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Northern California, surpassing the previous record set in 1982–83. In February 2017, Shasta, Oroville and Folsom Lakes were simultaneously dumping water into the ocean for
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In May 2021, water levels of Lake Oroville dropped to 38% of capacity. The boats are dwarfed by the exposed banks while California is headed into another drought year.
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In some instances, water tables underground have dropped from 100 to 400–600 feet deep, basically shutting off most private well owners from their own water sources.
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from rainfall used to support many aspects of California infrastructure, such as agriculture and municipal use, will be severely diminished during the drought. While
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Although the nominal capacity is 568,000 acre feet, Lake Isabella is currently limited to 360,000 acre foot capacity due to structural problems with the dam.
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A precipitation shortage leaves less water in the state's water infrastructure systems, leading to debates on how to best make use of this limited resource.
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meteorological events are generally associated with drier and hotter conditions and further exacerbation of droughts in California and the
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California’s agricultural sector, its forests, and other plant ecosystems have not been substantially caused by long-term climate change."
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Sourcing food ingredients from states that are not in drought (especially when these ingredients are otherwise exported from California).
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California endured one of its longest droughts ever, observed from late 1986 through late 1992. Drought worsened in 1988 as much of the
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The 2015 prediction of El Niño to bring rains to California raised hopes of ending the drought. In the spring of 2015, the
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Meeting EPA water quality standards currently requires allowing billions of gallons per day to flow into the ocean.
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May 2015, drought conditions had worsened and above average ocean temperatures had not resulted in large storms.
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result from various complex meteorological phenomena, some of which are not fully understood by scientists.
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The drought led to Governor Jerry Brown's instituting mandatory 25 percent water restrictions in June 2015.
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the state during the most recent drought. In coastal communities, excessive water pumping can lead to
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period that characterized much of the plains region of the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The
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Megafarmers: a single megafarming couple uses more water than all the households in Los Angeles
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2011-2017 was the longest drought in California beginning December 2011 and ending March 2017.
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2005:"Thanks to storm runoff, there's a lot of water over California's second-largest reservoir"
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3538:"Nestlé doesn't have valid rights to water it's been bottling, California officials say"
3103:"Meet the California couple who uses more water than every home in Los Angeles combined"
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Stork, Natalie; Vasquez, Victor; Eggers, Thomas; Petruzzelli, Kenneth (April 8, 2021).
3166:"Drought Triggers Need for Installation of Emergency Salinity Barrier on Delta Channel"
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1572:"With all this rain and snow, can California really still be in a drought? Look deeper"
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Drought phases are integral to the climate of California. Furthermore, global
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2953:"Sacramento agencies ask: Why release water from Folsom Lake during drought?"
2444:"New Aerial Survey Identifies More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California"
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Sabalow, Ryan; Reese, Phillip; Kasler, Dale (February 22, 2016).
2562:"Northern California gets its wettest winter in nearly a century"
2498:"California storms add 350 billion gallons to parched reservoirs"
1943:"California Is In The Middle Of Its Worst Drought In 1,200 Years"
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in June 1991) most likely caused unusual persistent heavy rains.
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2623:"California's drought is officially over, Gov. Jerry Brown says"
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which removed storms from the U.S. in the winter of 2011–2012.
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events, specifically "increases in the frequency of concurrent
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Department of Water Resources: California Data Exchange Center
3508:"Facing Droughts, California Challenges Nestlé over Water Use"
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North-Of-The-Delta Offstream Storage Project (December 2013).
2413:"The California drought: What would you ask Gov. Jerry Brown?"
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Ellen Hanak; Jeffrey Mount; Caitrin Chappelle (January 2015).
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1865:"California drought the worst in 1,200 years, new study says"
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Flood control limitations at selected California reservoirs
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2149:"California drought: No rain, but 'the sky is not falling'"
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1833:"California Just Had Its Worst Drought in Over 1200 Years"
1808:"Weather's unwanted guest: Nasty La Niña keeps popping up"
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Progression of the drought from December 2013 to July 2014
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Insufficient documentation of the causes of the droughts.
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and droughts on the global scale" with high confidence.
3135:"Forget The Missing Rainfall. Where's the Delta Smelt?"
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Lessons learned from the California Drought (1987–1992)
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1975:"California's worst drought in 1,200 years in pictures"
1917:"California's Drought Is Now the Worst in 1,200 Years"
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2724:"California Drought: Bad Policy, Poor Infrastructure"
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1644:"Severe Ancient Droughts: A Warning to California"
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3353:"Big battle looms over California water rights"
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2698:"California's Drought: Adapting and Mitigating"
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58:Historical and ongoing droughts in California
3675:United States drought monitor for California
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1616:. California Department of Water Resources.
356:This drought occurred during the historical
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3416:"Revised Report of Investigation, INV 8217"
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2186:. Department of Water Resources. May 1978.
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324:was "entirely unsuitable for agriculture".
170:Climate change in California § Drought
3076:"Cows Not Almonds Are Biggest Water Users"
2180:The 1976–1977 California Drought: A Review
1680:IPCC, 2021: Summary for Policymakers. In:
1559:
651:Dry boat ramp at Folsom Lake, January 2014
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2471:"U.S. Drought Monitor California"
2037:"Daily Reservoir Storage Summary"
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505:Calaveras Big Trees State Park
479:Drought peak in late July 2014
334:torrential floods of 1861–1862
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3704:Droughts in the United States
2381:Rogers, Paul (May 14, 2015).
2325:"California's Latest Drought"
2217:. Vol. 113. p. 39.
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1333:Treating water as a commodity
512:severe damage to Oroville Dam
235:the main spillway was damaged
3670:State of California: drought
2786:"Day Flow Calculations 2015"
2446:. USDA/U.S. Forest Service.
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33:. The specific problem is:
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3689:CDEC daily drought summary
2113:"California | Drought.gov"
1276:North Atlantic oscillation
863:New Bullards Bar Reservoir
622:Lack of new infrastructure
518:
460:2011–17 California drought
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223:Southeastern United States
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3714:Environment of California
1428:Water reuse in California
1418:Global climate disruption
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2504:. Bay Area News Group.
1537:"Definition of Drought"
565:unforeseen consequences
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3709:Economy of California
2762:. December 25, 2015.
2387:San Jose Mercury News
2013:. February 12, 2017.
1581:. February 22, 2023.
1282:Large water consumers
1265:2014–16 El Niño event
1261:1982–83 El Niño event
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614:Infrastructure issues
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433:(and the eruption of
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119:Climate of California
117:Further information:
100:Newsom administration
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3566:. January 28, 2020.
3265:"California Drought"
2916:"Pine Flat TM Final"
2477:on December 27, 2016
2084:. February 5, 2014.
1867:. December 4, 2014.
1841:. December 8, 2014.
1739:10.1002/2015GL064924
558:Possible adaptations
3206:"Trinity Lake Leak"
3140:Wall Street Journal
2858:on January 25, 2017
2760:Wall Street Journal
2534:The Washington Post
1771:2016JCli...29..111C
1730:2015GeoRL..42.6819W
1313:On March 20, 2023,
552:sea water intrusion
425:also suffered from
374:State Water Project
221:and to some extent
185:chance of compound
3512:The New York Times
3423:waterboards.ca.gov
3328:. April 27, 2021.
1759:Journal of Climate
1648:The New York Times
1507:"Types of Drought"
1369:Water independence
1272:Arctic oscillation
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524:Short-term effects
501:Pioneer Cabin Tree
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3267:. June 25, 2015.
3172:on April 26, 2015
3052:. March 3, 2017.
2896:on March 11, 2016
2658:ca.water.usgs.gov
2566:Los Angeles Times
2249:978-0-7881-4163-8
2010:Los Angeles Times
1981:. April 2, 2015.
1951:. April 9, 2015.
1802:Seth Borenstein,
1724:(16): 6819–6828.
1701:on March 2, 2015.
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1396:California portal
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685:San Joaquin River
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2197:January 23,
1810:. 9news.com
1451:Drought.gov
1299:Delta smelt
1289:cattle feed
1172:Kings River
901:Folsom Lake
787:Shasta Lake
713:Folsom Lake
678:Shasta Lake
578:waste water
534:groundwater
322:Sonoma area
3698:Categories
3357:Calmatters
3176:January 6,
3117:August 15,
2082:Civil Eats
1434:References
1210:Kern River
1176:1,000,000
1100:1,025,000
1062:2,030,000
1024:2,420,000
868:Yuba River
834:3,540,000
802:1,300,000
796:4,552,000
770:Acre feet
764:Acre feet
743:Max. flood
734:Reservoir
637:water year
576:Recycling
346:irrigation
248:California
174:See also:
82:A lack of
3652:April 26,
3626:April 26,
3600:April 26,
2637:April 16,
2607:April 16,
2576:April 16,
2270:cite book
2223:0027-0644
2127:April 22,
1789:0894-8755
1656:0362-4331
1610:"Drought"
740:Capacity
660:or both.
454:2011–2017
441:2007–2009
417:1986–1992
358:Dust Bowl
352:1928–1937
328:1863–1864
311:2020-2022
308:2011-2017
305:2006–2009
302:1999-2004
299:1987–1992
296:1976–1977
293:1971-1972
290:1959–1961
287:1943–1951
284:1928–1937
281:1922–1926
278:1917–1921
275:1895-1896
272:1863–1864
263:dry years
256:2011–2017
242:Dry years
191:heatwaves
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3393:Archived
3388:CBS News
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2421:Archived
2417:USC News
2391:Archived
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2329:Archived
2327:. PPIC.
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2260:June 11,
2254:Archived
2188:Archived
2157:Archived
2153:LA Times
2121:Archived
2086:Archived
2041:Archived
2015:Archived
1989:June 22,
1983:Archived
1979:BBC News
1953:Archived
1948:HuffPost
1921:Archived
1895:Archived
1869:Archived
1843:Archived
1660:Archived
1618:Archived
1583:Archived
1545:Archived
1515:Archived
1485:Archived
1455:Archived
1382:See also
1220:398,000
1214:568,000
1182:475,000
1144:391,000
1138:521,000
1106:350,000
1068:340,000
1030:450,000
992:165,000
986:317,000
954:200,000
948:417,000
930:115,000
916:670,000
910:977,000
878:170,000
872:966,000
854:150,000
840:750,000
252:droughts
97:Governor
84:rainfall
2397:May 20,
2366:May 20,
2356:SF Gate
2163:June 8,
1814:June 4,
1767:Bibcode
1726:Bibcode
1257:La Niña
1253:El Niño
1006:12,500
892:50,000
816:79,000
745:control
687:basin (
683:In the
519:Effects
380:1976–77
215:La Niña
147:updated
113:Climate
77:Drought
3687:, and
3060:May 3,
3019:May 3,
2993:May 3,
2900:May 2,
2822:May 3,
2708:May 3,
2668:May 3,
2246:
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2092:May 3,
1787:
1654:
1340:Nestle
1318:flow.
1234:4,600
1223:0.491
1217:0.701
1196:7,950
1185:0.586
1158:8,000
1147:0.482
1141:0.643
1120:6,000
1103:1.264
1082:9,000
1044:8,000
995:0.204
989:0.391
968:5,000
951:0.514
933:3,300
913:1.205
895:1,400
875:1.192
857:4,200
819:2,200
799:5.615
737:River
608:levees
530:runoff
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1071:0.42
1065:2.50
1033:0.56
1027:2.99
957:0.25
919:0.83
881:0.21
843:0.93
837:4.37
778:ft/s
671:" or
368:1950s
3654:2017
3628:2017
3602:2017
3576:2022
3550:2022
3524:2022
3490:2022
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