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Water Supply and Drought and the Challenges It Creates

California Water Supply Overview Robert Shibatani CEO & Consulting Hydrologist The SHIBATANI GROUP, Inc. Water Supply and Drought and the Challenges It Creates. Precipitation and the CVP/SWP. Annual Water Balance. Water Allocation - Conveyance.

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Water Supply and Drought and the Challenges It Creates

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  1. California Water Supply Overview Robert Shibatani CEO & Consulting Hydrologist The SHIBATANI GROUP, Inc. Water Supply and Drought and the Challenges It Creates

  2. Precipitation and the CVP/SWP

  3. Annual Water Balance

  4. Water Allocation - Conveyance • Hydrological perspective – California is not water short • Allocation and Conveyance • Managing within existing infrastructure • Managing within existing environmental constraints

  5. 2009 Reservoir Storage Status

  6. 2009 Reservoir Release Status

  7. 2009 Precipitation Status

  8. Where are we today- Fisheries? ANADROMOUS FISH Smelt/striped Bass

  9. Where are we today – Water Quality?

  10. Where are we today – Coldwater Pool?

  11. Where are we today - Delta? • CVP-OCAP uncertainty • RPAs on both DOI/DOC BiOps • Salvage monitoring at the pumps • OMR flow monitoring • Pending Judge O. Wanger Decisions • Ongoing BDCP • FLOODSafe

  12. Changing Rules for CVP/SWP and Delta Operations Long-term threats? • Reduced Exports • Increasingly stringent In-Delta WQ standards • Standard Term 91 • Federal Shortage Policy changes (M&I and Ag) • Accommodations for flood control • Climate change effects • What does it all mean to water purveyors?

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