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Atmospheric river in Central California could help drought conditions
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Meteorologists are calling for an atmospheric river to arrive by Wednesday. This actually looks like a very spectacular storm, says Fresno County Farm Bureau CEO Ryan Jacobsen. You don t want to count it before it has actually dropped but as of right now the projections, particularly for the snowpack up the Sierra Nevada, look very healthy.
Water is essential to the Valley s top industry and crop irrigation, so farmers like to see the storm clouds.
They ll offer a welcome change with most of the state under extreme or severe drought conditions.
Waterworks project funding/looks like rain/Kings River water dispute gets hearing
Water bills would help fix subsidence damage: A package of water bills passed Congress this week that could offer hundreds of millions to improve San Joaquin Valley water deliveries. Folded into the same bill that will be offering COVID relief was the government s annual spending bill that included funding approval for key local canals and dams. Significantly it includes $206 million to rebuild 33 miles of the Friant Kern Canal and monies for the repair of the westside s California Aqueduct and Delta Mendota Canal â all facing reduced capacity due to subsidence- the sinking of land caused by vigorous water pumping nearby over the years.