Lake Tahoe water level approaches max limit after heat wave

[big dog cowboy]

Lake Tahoe water level approaches max limit after heat wave
June 26, 2017
By Robert Pursell

Californians and Nevadans who watched Lake Tahoe’s water levels recede during the historic drought experienced in the states over the past few years are dealing with a completely different situation now, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports that a recent heat wave poured a staggering 12 billion gallons of runoff into the lake and brought it within a few inches of its max limit.

Lake Tahoe, pictured above, is one of the deepest lakes in the world and is nearing its legal limit.
Photo: Courtesy of Wilco737

Now, per SnowBrains, water officials expect Lake Tahoe to fill to its limit by mid-July. To put that into perspective, SnowBrains reports that hasn’t happened since 1997. During the week-long heat wave last week which saw triple-digit temperatures, Lake Tahoe — which is over 1,600 feet deep at its deepest — saw its water level rise a full four inches.

While that huge influx of water melting off the snowpack from this year’s historic amounts of snowfall might seem like a good thing for states — particularly California — that have been gripped by drought, according to the Chronicle, it actually poses a real threat of flooding in the area.

More: http://www.grindtv.com/nature/lake-tahoe-water-level-approaches-max-limit-after-heat-wave/

 

[casmith07]

Time to build some old school aquaducts to get some of this water to a purification plant for distribution.

 

[waldoputty]

Lake Tahoe water level approaches max limit after heat wave
June 26, 2017
By Robert Pursell

Californians and Nevadans who watched Lake Tahoe’s water levels recede during the historic drought experienced in the states over the past few years are dealing with a completely different situation now, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports that a recent heat wave poured a staggering 12 billion gallons of runoff into the lake and brought it within a few inches of its max limit.

Lake Tahoe, pictured above, is one of the deepest lakes in the world and is nearing its legal limit.
Photo: Courtesy of Wilco737

Now, per SnowBrains, water officials expect Lake Tahoe to fill to its limit by mid-July. To put that into perspective, SnowBrains reports that hasn’t happened since 1997. During the week-long heat wave last week which saw triple-digit temperatures, Lake Tahoe — which is over 1,600 feet deep at its deepest — saw its water level rise a full four inches.

While that huge influx of water melting off the snowpack from this year’s historic amounts of snowfall might seem like a good thing for states — particularly California — that have been gripped by drought, according to the Chronicle, it actually poses a real threat of flooding in the area.

More: http://www.grindtv.com/nature/lake-tahoe-water-level-approaches-max-limit-after-heat-wave/

i just drove by donner lake but did not have time to stop by tahoe.
also saw the amazing flow of the truckee river at Reno.
they said they have not seen water like that in the summer for many many years.

 

[CF74]

Legal limit? Oh noes, time to raise lake taxes...

 

[Reverend Conehead]

So is the drought in California over? I remember reservoirs there being really low and the state investing in desalination plants.

 

[waldoputty]

So is the drought in California over? I remember reservoirs there being really low and the state investing in desalination plants.

most of the reservoirs are ~90% full except the one with the ruined spillway.
they are probably purposefully keeping lake oroville's level low for repair/safety issues.
the next thing they worry about is groundwater level - and that is supposed to take years to recover, if ever.
this state website shows major reservior levels, but it is not currently working.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/reservoir.html

the top map shows drought levels - huge improvement over the bottom 2 maps of earlier drought levels.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Good to know, thanks.