Satellites show 'total' California water storage at near-decade low
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 20:50
in Earth & Climate
This image shows umulative groundwater losses (cubic km and million acre-ft) in California's Central Valley since 1962. Updates to satellite data show that California's Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins are at near decade-low water storage levels. These and other findings on the State's dwindling water resources were documented in an advisory report released today from the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling (UCCHM) at the University of California, Irvine.