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Water Power Sewer F 415.554.3161 Operator of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System -Fry 415.554.3488 March 19, 2020 – Agenda Item #9F BAY AREA WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING March 13, 2020 Correspondence and media coverage of interest between February 2, 2020 and March 8, 2020 Correspondence To: The Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary, Department of the Interior From: The Hon. Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California Date: February 17, 2020 Subject: Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta To: SFPUC Wholesale Customers From: Steven R. Ritchie, Assistant General Manager, Water, SFPUC Date: February 28, 2020 Subject: Update to Water Supply Availability Estimate Media Coverage Water Supply Conditions: Date: March 3, 2020 Source: New York Times Article: California Had Its Driest February on Record. Here’s How Bad It Was. Date: March 1, 2020 Source: California Water Blog Article: California’s Driest February and Coming Drought? Date: March 1, 2020 Source: CapRadio Article: Drought in California Seems Inevitable. But Experts Say Don’t Panic. Date: February 27, 2020 Source: Los Angeles Times Article: California snowpack depleted amid what could be a record-dry February Water Policy: Date: March 5, 2020 Source: Modesto Bee Article: Many would be left behind in Governor Newsom’s voluntary water agreements Date: February 27, 2020 Source: The Guardian Article: Everything you need to know about California’s historic water law Date: February 24, 2020 Source: The Sun Article: Bernhardt fires back at Newsom over Calif. water lawsuit Date: February 23, 2020 Source: Modesto Bee Article: Don’t be fooled, Modesto farmers – Trump’s California water plan doesn’t help you March 19, 2020 – Agenda Item #9F Water Policy, cont’d.: Date: February 21, 2020 Source: KQED Article: It’s Finally On: California Files Lawsuit to Block Trump Administration Water Rules Date: February 2, 2020 Source: MyMotherLoad.com Article: Tri-Dam Partners Send Lawmakers Complaint Letter over Newsom Proposal Water Infrastructure: Date: February 29, 2020 Source: California Water News Daily Article: Reclamation and Contra Costa Water District advance plan to increase water reliability Date: February 27, 2020 Source: San Francisco Chronicle Article: Editorial: A warning for Bay Area dams Date: February 26, 2020 Source: Mercury News Article: Feds order Santa Clara County’s biggest reservoir to be drained due to earthquake collapse risk Date: February 25, 2020 Source: San Francisco Chronicle Article: Dozens of high-risk Bay Area dams lack required emergency plans Date: February 19, 2020 Source: SF Gate Article: Here’s who bought 787-acre Bay Area ranch in same family for more than 100 years Date: February 17, 2020 Source: Times of San Diego Article: City of Oceanside to Break Ground on Pure Water Oceanside Date: February 12, 2020 Source: Sacramento Blog News and Review Article: One tunnel, same distrust Water Supply Management: Date: March 8, 2020 Source: Bakersfield.com Article: LOIS HENRY: Collaboration is the new game in California water Date: March 6, 2020 Source: Mercury News Article: Why California should support Delta tunnel proposal 525 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th Floor San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94102 T 415.554.3155 Water Power Sewer F 415.554.3161 Operator of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System -Fry 415.554.3488 TO: SFPUC Wholesale Customers FROM: Steven R. Ritchie, Assistant General Mnaèr, Water DATE: February 28, 2020 RE: Update to Water Supply Availability Estimate This memo provides an update to the initial water supply availability estimate provided on January 31, 2020 and the current hydrologic conditions. The January memo described a water year with a mix of wet and dry conditions. This memo is being written as the Hetch Hetchy watershed will record the driest February on record. Hetch Hetchy precipitation is 40% of average to date. The charts below show the precipitation through February at Hetch Hetchy and in the local watershed which has been just as dry this month. Hetch Hetchy Precipitation (as of midnight 2/24/20) 80 Median ammin 2020 70 '1977 "3 1983 2019 u 60 .2 50 :t4'ea.1 London N. Breed 90. 40 Mayor ..11111111014••• ;mos •11,4 Ann Moller Caen President Francesca Vietor Vice President -co 20 Anson Moran 5. Commissioner 10 . ' Sophie Maxwell 41,11• Commissioner emel. Tim Paulson Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Commissioner Harlan L. Kelly, Jr. General Manager Services of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission OUR MISSION: To provide our customers with high-quality, efficient and reliable water, power and sewer services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care. Bay Area 7-station Precipitation Index as of February 23, 2020 5.46 Historical Mean 5.04 5 - 0 Water Year 2020 hes 1 inc 3.98 in 4 - I n P . io t 3.14 ita ip 3 0 'ii c 2.48 0 ,' Pre n hly 1.97 t 0 P 4 Mon / '2 1.25 %/„. /,, ,,,A / 0.92 4 1 ,%'9 .0 0.18 0.25 /A 0.02 Pd: 0.00 I 40 22 10.02i 0.05 0 , i _ , , OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP While the February snow course data has not been compiled yet, the snow pillow information indicates the snowpack is about 40% of the average April 15t peak snowpack as indicated in the chart below. Despite the meager snow pack, there is still a high probability that Hetch Hetchy reservoir will fill this year. 300 - i••=2020 Snow Pillows Index immem Long Term Median 2020 Snow Course Index 250 1983 ,,,,,• .° -***. • (13 2015 ra" $ .. • =2019 4. $ a'* a) $ 200 c. 46 150 r a c.) ro 100 - a a. • **,?. 50 - 4% 4 4.44 4 '•••• ..$•• • • I t Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 2 As a result of the dry weather, winter demands in the service area have been relatively higher than last year, as seen in the chart below, principally due to outdoor irrigation. The two-week forecast does show a change in the weather pattern which we hope will bring precipitation to the Bay Area and Hetch Hetchy and will result in a reduction in outdoor irrigation. Regional Water System Total Deliveries Source: SFPUC Regional Water System County Meters 350 -0-5-year Average 330 --o—Cy 2019 310 - —ile—CY 2020 290 270 250 230 - MGD) ( 210 ies r 190 live De 170 - 150 130 1111 t\ ',-,--t co C1,--/ co tr)r)') 0 N. Cr ,-/N. Ct., -f 03 kr)FN./ fa) (0 N CI(0 ,Y)0 I\ Cr t^i co•:t co 4.0 t-i co Q.)r\rcr) (zi rv) C::", Y)ON Cfr ,--f co v)r\r"! ,...', , r .)1 07"1 - ',.'z,";-“>11-Vse,-'',\° ";-°,N P:-If z. ootr)r \i,cbtr) ry 0) rD lz7-,--/ 00 01 4.. co kr) NZ'LO rv) 0 en CZ)t \ p,. .,,cio cr) N NO)(2'7,, (7) ,,, .c., -iry `i-,0 •-y, ,--/Z• ‘, ,--f' ,IN cz ,..,,-/ r\ t.. - ,N,,*-/r V ';', c•t" --0--fr-v -- .y,,,,--f N 'cr 0,4 --r,-t- --?c, Q.,...,N rn , -,..*--r r V< ,N, r--0---r-4 (1, (.., NI-NI ,z7 •,... --, .. 0 cr 6' At present, the SFPUC does not intend to formally request demand reductions but March and April will be critical months for precipitation. The SFPUC encourages our customers to continue to promote water conservation strategies to get through the dry winter. We will provide a final water supply availability update by mid-April, following the final snow course report. 3 (This page was intentionally left blank) California Had Its Driest February on Record. Here’s How Bad It Was. New York Times | March 3, 2020 | Kendra Pierre-Louis and Nadja Popovich Not a drop of rain fell in downtown San Francisco this February. Or in Big Sur State Park. Or in Paso Robles. February in California was so dry that it is raising concerns that the state, which, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, only fully emerged from drought last March, may be headed for another one. “It was the driest February on record,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. Ordinarily, 90 percent of California’s rain falls during the seven-month period between Oct. 1 and April 30, with half of the state’s total precipitation falling during December, January and February. The rains that come in February are part of a seasonal Precipitation totals from Feb. 1 to March 1, 2020, are shown pattern that nourishes plants, relative to average precipitation totals for the same period replenishes reservoirs and, in the between 1979 and 2015.·Source: Climate Mapper Sierra Nevada mountains, restores the snowpack that provides up to 30 percent of the state’s drinking water. But this February “was not just merely a below average month,” Dr. Swain said. “It was, in a lot of places, a completely dry month, which is truly extraordinary.” The lack of snow and rain in February comes after a January that was also drier than average, and a record dry autumn for much of Northern California. A series of storms dumped a considerable amount of snow in late December, raising hopes that this winter might proceed normally. But that now seems less likely. “There’s sort of this myth of the miracle March in California, which refers to a couple of specific years in which the winter was extremely dry and then March came along and there was just this unceasing deluge for a few weeks in a row,” Dr. Swain said. In those years, the rainfall erased a large part of the water deficit.
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