Aquafornia Exclusive: Slideshow of Lake Oroville at about half full
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on May 1, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Check this out!
Lake Oroville is the State Water Project’s largest reservoir. It can store 3.5 million acre-feet when full, which is enough to supply about 40% of California’s urban water needs for a year. However, two dry years have drawn down the reservoir to now under half-full 58% full, and Lake Oroville now has a ‘bathtub ring’ to rival that of Lake Mead’s.
Special thanks to Dale over at Department of Water Resources for sending me these pictures of Lake Oroville. I asked for one picture, he sent me 8! So, I put them in a slideshow.
Check out the Lake Oroville slideshow by clicking here. You might also be interested in Aquafornia’s exclusive slideshow of the State Water Project & California Aqueduct: click here.
EDIT: Sorry folks. Last I had heard, Lake Oroville was 49% full (Chico Enterprise Record, 4/16/08, click here) but today’s reports are saying 58% full. Either way, the situation does not look good.
Aquafornia’s birthday present for you: something for your eyes and something for your refrigerator!
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 21, 2008 at 7:27 am
To celebrate Aquafornia’s first birthday, here are not one, but two! yes, two! birthday treats for you, dear readers!
Sit back, relax, and let Aquafornia take you on a trip that follows the trip water takes from the Delta to Southern California in this special Aquafornia exclusive slideshow. The pictures are mostly mine, except for a few. A special thanks to Ted & Dale over at the Department of Water Resources in sending me the pictures to fill in what I cannot photograph myself. I am also a little light on pictures for the East Branch, but throughout the year, I plan to finish the east branch with more detail. I also plan to do the same eventually for the Colorado River system and the Owens Valley Aqueduct. Click here for Aquafornia’s exclusive slide show of the California Aqueduct.
Thank you to all my readers who have supported Aquafornia over the last year. As a special thank you, I have the perfect accessory to your refrigerator - the Aquafornia refrigerator magnet (featuring this picture of the Cascades facility, the iconic water symbol for Southern California. Just email me your address and I will send it to you free of charge, while supplies last, or at least until enough donations come in so I can order more… Click here to receive your free Aquafornia refrigerator magnet.
Of course, any one who makes a donation to Aquafornia will automatically receive a refrigerator magnet! See right side bar. ;) </hint>