From the State Water Board: With water levels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta at historic lows due to the extreme effects of climate change, the State Water Resources Control Board today released a draft curtailment and reporting regulation and scheduled a public workshop on potential measures to preserve stored water for threatened drinking water supplies, prevent salinity intrusion and minimize impacts to fisheries and the environment. The draft drought emergency regulation (below) prohibits diversions when water supplies are not available under a … Continue reading THIS JUST IN … State Water Board releases draft drought emergency regulation for Delta watershed (press release and draft regulation)