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 weekend due to coordinated diversions and cooler weather. However, flows are declining again and measured 64.9 cfs as of 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, dropping at approximately 16 cfs per day over the past two days.
