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Castaic Lake’s water levels have lowered to 34 percent of its total capacity and are expected to get even lower as the summer goes on, according to state officials.
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As of Monday, Castaic Lake held only 34 percent of its total water capacity, and state officials expect to see that number dwindle even further as the long hot summer continues, according to information from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).
“SCV Water and the rest of California is facing a serious multi-year drought, and there is no end in sight,” said Santa Clarita Valley Water (SCV Water) Sustainability Manager Matt Dickens in an April statement. “Our current water-saving efforts are falling short of our conservation goals.”
Comparatively, in 2019 the capacity of Castaic Lake was at 1,507 feet above sea level (MSL) which amounts to a 91 percent capacity level, according to historical lake level records.
Since 2019, the water levels have shot up and down, but were fairly consistent between 2020 and 2019, according to DWR data.
However, in 2021 water levels really started to dwindle down, and fast. This is partially due to the moderate drought that was reported in late 2020 and carried over into the next year.
These levels were also partially influenced by the artificial lowering of water levels by 100 feet in late 2021 due to construction on the Castaic Dam Tower Bridge Pier, which is part of ongoing efforts by the DWR to make the bridge stronger and reduce seismic risk at all State Water Project facilities
Due to the ongoing drought, over this past year the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency has implemented new regulations to combat the rapidly-growing concern over our water supplies, according to local officials.
“Despite planning for dry times, this drought has become so severe that we are having to dip into our banked water supplies,” said SCV Water’s General Manager Matt Stone in an April statement. “Moving to Stage 2 will place new water restrictions in place to eliminate water waste and ensure we have enough water to meet the needs of our community.”
Dry conditions can quickly lead to California water supplies dwindling, ultimately affecting water supplies around the state, including our Santa Clarita Valley, according to the DWR.
Combining low precipitation levels and high temperatures leads to dry heat which can also impact vegetation and increase fire danger, according to state officials
Santa Clarita is deemed as a below-normal area for average streamflow in California, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS) Water Watch.
Stage 2 Drought requirements
- Water no more than three days a week
- Water only in the morning and in the evenings
- May-October: midnight through 9 a.m. and/or 8 p.m. through midnight
- November-April: midnight through 10 a.m. and/or 6 p.m. through midnight
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But keep on building thousands of houses that use at min 100 gallons of water a day no one wants to protect the most precious and necessary resource
Maybe the city should stop building. .
SCV city council doesn’t want to stop progress.
What happened to the millions of gallons they drained last year to put in a new tower? It never got replenished did they let it all run off?!
Has anyone looked at the development for Skyline, Tesoro, and FivePoint. If you haven’t, you will be shocked with the amount of housing being built in the coming years. But nobody looks at the power grid and water supply. It’s past due that our representatives start to represent our community.
The developers have lots of $$$ to give to the county, the city of Santa Clarita and the politicians!! Here’s your permit to build and your permit to build and your permit to build….. when will it stop????
The county, the city and the politicians don’t give a rats ass about the lack of water, as long as they get their fair share of the $$ to line their pockets!!
Who’s to stop them? Not us, the people who are screaming about stopping the developments…. Oh wait, I forgot the lawyers, they need their piece of the $$ to line their pockets!!
Fake news. Typical liberals claiming climate change is real. All fake. We’re not even in a real drought. The deep state has successfully diverted the jet stream so we don’t get any rain. We’ll have plenty of rain once we get this state red again. Oh and BTW there is plenty of water. It’s called the Pacific Ocean. Unlimited supply.
LGBT2024. Perfect. Can’t wait. Maybe the state can put water on the High-Speed Train and bring down here!
You sound brainwashed. Do some research.
Yeah, there’s no drought. Pay no attention to the massive increase in wildfires we’ve seen in recent years, or the dry, brittle sage brush that covers our hillsides. Yep, we’re just imagining those things.
Lowering the lake level frees up more shore line for the city to develop waterfront homes that flush into the lake to conserve water, with private docks! Those catfish will grow bigger and city council can have a turdfish-fry!
That photo, is NOT Castaic Lake. It is Castaic Lagoon, an after-bay downstream of Castaic Dam, which is in the background of the picture. The Spillway is in the left of the photo. The power generation spillway is in the center.
An actual photo of Castaic Lake should show large bare shores that were covered with water recently, but not now.
LGTB2024, you’re kidding,right? Do you resist even what you can see with your own eyes? Like I said above, do research and don’t watch biased tv or read crazy internet notions.
Let’s_Get_Toasted_Bagels, lay off the LSD, mushrooms, and fruit salad. You are drifting away from sanity and reality, and orbiting Uranus.