BY JIM CARLTON
TAHOE CITY, Calif.?California's wet season has started off bone dry, leaving water managers and the state's huge agriculture industry nervously eyeing the prospect that a dry spell could turn into another drought.
The shortage of snow, which has already hurt ski resorts in a number of states, follows an unusually heavy snowfall last year that has left adequate water supplies in reservoirs.
Lake Oroville, for example, stood at 115% of its average level as of Dec. 29, compared to 49% on the same date in 2009, when California was still locked in a three-year drought. As a result, California officials ...
BY JIM CARLTON
TAHOE CITY, Calif.?California's wet season has started off bone dry, leaving water managers and the state's huge agriculture industry nervously eyeing the prospect that a dry spell could turn into another drought.
The shortage of snow, which has already hurt ski resorts in a number of states, follows an unusually heavy snowfall last year that has left adequate water supplies in reservoirs.
Lake Oroville, for example, stood at 115% of its average level as of Dec. 29, compared to 49% on the same date in 2009, when California was still locked in a three-year drought. As a result, California officials ...
Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204368104577136620616547672.html?mod=rss_US_News
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