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<br />>, <br /> <br />~'~~?~'{~ <br /> <br />~:~i;;~ <br />~~~'- <br />~:' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />:"'-M' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><.': ;. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. .~ "~::(:~':,; <br />"",'_ __ " ' ", .,'." " .-M, '<", ,'.. ", .'. - -,->.. O' -', ',,-,"~:...::;'.:',,;.,::- ..... .". -,' <br />.. - , ' . " - ',':' .', > " ,".'. ; ".--::.'.-::",-:~,~~,.,..','.: '~'. <br />::;J'-.'f. -"-~/",< ,:: " '"" ,', " ~',' ;,';., '.~:,.':'; -' ."., ; . ":'"::':":;'::<f-~:~~..--: ' ' : .> ." ~ <br /> <br />;i~~f;~~i~~i~~$~~$t~;~~f\\~~~~~~.i.;~;1.;,~.:,'~.'.~.<1..~.~.i,_~f$~~;'~f\'l~~$i~ti~~1 <br /> <br />i', " -.",.', '. . <. .'. ,,-':':' .-:"-" ""-"~}~'~~:- <br /> <br />Th~ U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec) reports <br /> <br />n r:,. ~ ~ 1 that in California the drought has persisted for <br /> <br />the remainder of 1977. <br /> <br />California faces the driest <br /> <br /> <br />17 months and is expected to continue and worsen through <br /> <br />situation in over 100 years of record and is in its <br /> <br />second consecutive severe drought season, unlike the <br /> <br />Pacific ~orthwest which is witnessing its first major <br /> <br />drought season since 1973. <br /> <br />Reservoir storage is low <br /> <br />because some of the water was used to meet requirements <br /> <br />in 1976. i February 1 snowpack, usually 65 percent of <br /> <br />the average maximum yearly snowpack, was only 15 <br /> <br />in California is located in the Central Valley. <br /> <br />About <br /> <br /> <br />percent of the average this year. <br /> <br />Almost 90 percent of the hydroelectric capacity <br /> <br />3/4 of this is in the Sacramento Basin and 1/4 in the <br /> <br />San Joaqu~n basin. <br /> <br />Facilities in the Sacramento <br /> <br />Basin serve primarily the San Francisco - Sacramento <br /> <br />region while facilities in the San Joaquin Basin serve <br /> <br />this region and also the Los Angeles region. <br /> <br />Los Angeles <br /> <br />also gets 'a portion of its hydro power from the BuRec <br /> <br />facilitie~ on the lower Colorado River. <br /> <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />" _ ,;;;;. L11' <br /> <br />,ili;_~. ",ti..</"" <br /> <br />.~ <br />