Lake Sonoma ended the year about a foot higher despite 12 inches less rain. Lake Mendocino closed Water Year 2026 holding about 9,100 acre-feet less than a year earlier, as Eel River imports through the Potter Valley Project keep shrinking.
Tag: Sonoma Water
Golden hills of northern California reflected in the still water of the Nicasio Reservoir in West Marin County.
Sonoma keeps saying yes to Marin’s Russian River pipeline
Sonoma County’s supervisors approved a 15-year water contract with Marin on the consent calendar, with no discussion. The number that mattered — a near-doubling of Marin’s winter draw on the Russian River — was not in the staff report they read.
Who is going to watch the Russian River?
Brenda Adelman spent 45 years watching the Russian River’s wastewater permits. Her group folded this spring, and more than 100 boxes of river history need a home. She’s asking for archiving help.