Originally published on April 14, 2021 9:23 pm
The projected 33,000 acre-feet of water that will be released from Upper Klamath Lake for irrigators this year is a fraction of what farmers need, according to members of the Klamath Water Users Association.
“To put it in perspective, the Klamath Project on a dry year needs about 450,000 acre-feet of water or more, sometimes up to 510,000 acre feet, in a very dry year to get everything wet and make it through the year,” says Gene Souza with the Klamath Irrigation District. “33,000 acre-feet is about 8% of what we need.”
According to Reclamation, 2021 marks the lowest historic water flows into Upper Klamath Lake, which feeds the Klamath Project irrigation system. That supply is further constrained by biological guidelines written to protect habitat for fish species in the lake that are protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. On Wednesday Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency for Klamath County. It’s the first county in the state, to receive the declaration this year.
By signing the order, it directs state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. Earlier this month, the snow water equivalent in Klamath County, was 77% of a normal water year, according to the state.
Mark Johnson from the Klamath Water Users Association, says the declaration couldn’t come at a better time.
“We sent a letter to the county commissioner several weeks ago asking them to ask the governor for a drought declaration, we’re coming off a second year of the drought the in-flows to upper Klamath Lake are the lowest they’ve been on record since the 1930s, said Johnson.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday declared a drought emergency in Klamath County.
Much of the south-central Oregon county is experiencing extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and the area is entering the spring with mountain snowpack well below normal.
“The Klamath Basin faces one of the most difficult water years in recent memory,” Brown said in a press release. “Moving forward, we must look at long-term solutions to the underlying issue in Klamath and many other Oregon counties: there is too little water in the ground, and as the climate changes we are experiencing hotter, drier summers.”
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