SCV Water Agency: ‘Average’ snowpack is good news
Officials with the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section, measure snow depth Thursday. DWR photo by Ken James

SCV Water Agency: ‘Average’ snowpack is good news

State water officials trekked through the snow in the Sierra Nevadas on Thursday and found an “average” amount of snow — not too little, and not more than usual. The…

State to measure snowpack, recalculate water allocation
John King, water resource engineer, of the California Department of Water Resources, Snow Survey Section, conducts the second snow survey of the 2019 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. photo courtesy DWR.

State to measure snowpack, recalculate water allocation

Local water planners told last month the SCV is getting 10% of the state water allocated to them are now hoping state officials find lots of snow Thursday when they…

Healthy snowpack means plenty of water for SCV
John King, water resource engineer, of the California Department of Water Resources, Snow Survey Section, conducts the second snow survey of the 2019 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. photo courtesy DWR.

Healthy snowpack means plenty of water for SCV

It’s been cold, wet and, in some places, snowy, but the silver lining, so to speak, is that the back-to-back storms have left a snowpack deep enough to provide ample…

Lack of rain brings dry conditions to Southern California
Clouds billow in the distance looking north-west at about noon from Dockweiller Drive in Santa Clarita. The Old Town Newhall Library can be seen, lower right, and the homes of Stevenson Ranch are visible on the hills in Feb. 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Lack of rain brings dry conditions to Southern California

A month of below-normal rainfall brought abnormally dry conditions and moderate drought conditions back to Southern California, and the Santa Clarita Valley, this December. A recent report from the National…

California snowpack at highest level in 22 years
Snow-covered mountains sit behind a California Aqueduct in the high desert Jan. 24. Jeff Zimmerman/For The Signal

California snowpack at highest level in 22 years

A series of winter storms increased snowpack in the Sierra Nevada—a key source of drinking water for Southern California—to the highest levels since 1995, according to latest reports. Statewide, snowpack…

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