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One reservoir or not, meant to be tapped or not, Lake Oroville is at it's lowest point ever. Also that dam isn't generating as much power which is causing brown

by debt 12y ago

One reservoir or not, meant to be tapped or not, Lake Oroville is at it's lowest point ever. Also that dam isn't generating as much power which is causing brownouts; the drought is causing brownouts: "The dam at Lake Oroville is not generating enough power; only 510 megawatts. That’s down from 820 megawatts. The power shortage is causing rolling brownouts in parts of in eastern Butte County on Kelly Ridge and Forbestown Roads. “We are dropping a foot a day in a 24 hour period,” said Frazier." http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/lake-oroville-water-level-falling-rapidly/26854392 http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/lake-oroville-water-level-f...

toomuchtodo 12y ago
Can hydro power be imported from Oregon?
- dredmorbius 12y ago
  It can be and is. Power purchases from the Columbia River / Bonneville Power Administration are a significant contribution to California's grid.
jlward4th 12y ago
Without all of the relevant data it may be hard to draw conclusions from these photos and news stories. As an example... This year the Blue Mesa Reservoir (Colorado) would have filled up but in order to keep a downstream endangered fish species around, much more water than normal was let out. Having not known that I could have made some wrong assumptions about the state of water in our area.
- debt 12y ago
  Date and feet: 08/01/2014 699.06' ...... 08/26/2014 680.53' Lake Oroville has fallen 19 feet since the 1st of August 2014 according the CA Department of Water Sources. http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?ORO http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?ORO
  - jlward4th 12y ago
    That isn't really all of the relevant data. Is 19 feet in that time period a lot or normal? Why did it fall so much?
morgante 12y ago
To be clear, I'm not disputing the existence or seriousness of the drought. Just pointing out that this really isn't a very good visualization of its seriousness.
- nb4hnp 12y ago
  I am very interested in seeing those. The linked pictures in this article literally made me say "holy shit" out loud at work.
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by debt 12y ago

toomuchtodo 12y ago

Can hydro power be imported from Oregon?

dredmorbius 12y ago
It can be and is. Power purchases from the Columbia River / Bonneville Power Administration are a significant contribution to California's grid.

jlward4th 12y ago

Without all of the relevant data it may be hard to draw conclusions from these photos and news stories. As an example... This year the Blue Mesa Reservoir (Colorado) would have filled up but in order to keep a downstream endangered fish species around, much more water than normal was let out. Having not known that I could have made some wrong assumptions about the state of water in our area.

debt 12y ago
Date and feet: 08/01/2014 699.06' ...... 08/26/2014 680.53' Lake Oroville has fallen 19 feet since the 1st of August 2014 according the CA Department of Water Sources. http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?ORO http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?ORO
- jlward4th 12y ago
  That isn't really all of the relevant data. Is 19 feet in that time period a lot or normal? Why did it fall so much?

morgante 12y ago

To be clear, I'm not disputing the existence or seriousness of the drought. Just pointing out that this really isn't a very good visualization of its seriousness.

nb4hnp 12y ago
I am very interested in seeing those. The linked pictures in this article literally made me say "holy shit" out loud at work.
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