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Some Bay Area water districts call for immediate conservation — no…
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 26, 2007
There was a lot less snow falling and a lot more snow melting,” she said. But the state water agency isn’t expecting shortages this summer because the reservoirs are relatively full after three years of wet weather. “The impacts on a water supply don’t become evident until you have multiple dry years. A single dry year is not particularly a big deal,” said Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys for the Department of Water Resources. His team will go out Tuesday to take the last manual measurements of the snow season. The April 1 reading was 40 percent of the average snowpack size. Right now electronic monitors show the snowpack is 38 percent of average…
Every year since 1988 has been wetter. Each of the state’s main sources of river water — the east side of the Sierra and watersheds of the Colorado and Feather rivers — have less snow than normal, according to state water officials. The state Department of Water Resources has no plans to reduce water allocations to the 29 contractors that buy from the State Water Project. That water system sends Northern California water down the California Aqueduct to the Central Valley and Southern California. The allocation will be 60 percent of the contractors’ requests, which is typical, according to agency representatives. But the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the Central Valley Project, has cut by 50 percent its water allocations for farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Towns south of the delta will get just 85 percent of their federal water supply.

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Houston Chronicle – Apr 26, 2007
With less than two months to go in the 80th session of the Texas Legislature, the water district is seeking local support for a proposed bill to develop aboveground water options and is shopping for a sponsor. But while Conroe and the 11 municipal utility districts in The Woodlands adopted resolutions supporting the bill, so far the district has found no sponsors among the local delegation. "We want to work together with the San Jacinto River Authority to provide water resources to Montgomery County, and we want to do it in the most cost-effective way possible," said Kathy Jones, general manager of the conservation district. Water supplyMontgomery County relies solely on groundwater for its water supply, and permitted uses for the water exceed what can be sustained in the aquifers over the long term…
But while Conroe and the 11 municipal utility districts in The Woodlands adopted resolutions supporting the bill, so far the district has found no sponsors among the local delegation. "We want to work together with the San Jacinto River Authority to provide water resources to Montgomery County, and we want to do it in the most cost-effective way possible," said Kathy Jones, general manager of the conservation district. Water supplyMontgomery County relies solely on groundwater for its water supply, and permitted uses for the water exceed what can be sustained in the aquifers over the long term. The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, which regulates groundwater in Montgomery County, put users on notice that groundwater use would have to be reduced 30 percent by 2015 and that the district would begin studying alternative surface water options. In January, the district signed a memorandum of understanding to work with the San Jacinto River Authority, a wholesale water supplier in the county, to develop and finance surface water alternatives. The SJRA owns part of the water rights to Lake Conroe and the San Jacinto River and is working on a study with the water district to identify pipeline and treatment plants as well as the cost of bringing surface water to the county. Legislation is necessary to allow for the joint development and financing of the project, since the Lone Star district regulates groundwater and San Jacinto sells surface water.

Water supply gets slight boost.
Free with registration – Pueblo Chieftain – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 26, 2007
The most significant increases in snowpack were in the Wet Mountain Valley in Custer County, where up to 2 feet of snow fell during the storm. Meanwhile, residents in Leadville reported light snowfall, with possibly heavier accumulations at higher elevations. “It doesn’t sound like we gained.