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Scott River Flows Plunge Toward State Minimum as Water Board Warns of $10,000-a-Day Penalties

SISKIYOU COUNTY — Flows in the Scott River are dropping fast, and state regulators are warning water users that without immediate conservation and coordination, mandatory curtailments are coming — along with fines that just got a lot steeper.

The California State Water Resources Control Board issued a notice Monday to Scott River watershed water users stating that flows have been declining since April 13 and are now approaching the minimum instream flow requirement of 150 cubic feet…

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