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Shasta River Flows Drop Toward Critical Levels as State Warns of Potential Water Rights Curtailments

Water users urged to coordinate diversions as drought conditions threaten minimum flow requirements

YREKA, Calif. — Water flows in the Shasta River watershed are declining rapidly, prompting state water officials to warn that mandatory curtailments of water rights could be reinstated if current trends continue.

The State Water Resource Control Board announced Tuesday that flows at the Yreka United States Geological Survey gauge dropped to 55.6 cubic feet per second last Wednesday, then briefly increased over the…

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