[미국] SWP의 물 할당추정치, 60%로 증가 계획

 

캘리포니아 수자원부는 지난 목요일 북부 캘리포니아 저수지 수위가 3월 폭풍으로 인해 대폭 상승했으며, State Water Project(SWP)에서 할당된 계획급수량을 올해 60%까지 추정치를 증가시키겠다고 밝혔다. 종합적으로 SWP 계약자는 캘리포니아의 약 25만 에이커 관개농지에서 1만 에이커 하위 범위를 제공한다. 목요일의 수위 증가로 29개 공공기관은 SWP의 올해 공급 요청량인 약 410만㎥에서 약 252만㎥를 충족시킬 것으로 기대하고 있다.

 

캘리포니아 수자원부의 초기 추정치는 지난해 12월부터 현재까지 4회 증가되었다.

 

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Calif. DWR State Water Project allocation estimate increased to 60%

 

Crediting March storms for boosting water levels in Northern California reservoirs, the California Department of Water Resources Thursday increased its State Water Project water delivery estimate for 2016 to 60% of requests.

 

Collectively, SWP contractors serve approximately 25 million Californians and just under a million acres of irrigation farmland. With Thursday’s increase, the 29 public agencies that received SWP water can expect 2,527,629 acre-feet of the roughly 4.1 million acre-feet of requested supplies for the year.

 

DWR’s initial estimate in December 2015 of 10% has been increased four times this year. In January it was increased to 15%, and then increased to 30% in February and 45% in March.

 

Despite the recent increases, DWR noted that storage in Southern Califosrnia reservoirs and groundwater aquifers remains low and that “the state’s historic drought is far from over.”

 

San Luis Reservoir, a key south-of-Delta pool for both the SWP and Central Valley Project is currently at 50% capacity (55% of its historical average for the date). DWR called for continued conservation and cautioned that the state should be prepared for the possibility of a dry 2017.

 

“Conservation is the surest and easiest way to stretch supplies,” said DWR Director Mark Cowin in a statement. “We all need to make sparing, wise use of water a daily habit.”’

 

DWR also noted that federal rules require Shasta, Oroville and Folsom reservoirs to make flood control releases, but reported those reservoir’s current conditions as follows:
·Lake Oroville - 94% capacity/118% of average
·Shasta Lake - 92% capacity/109% of average
·Folsom Lake - 82% of capacity/115% of average

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 4월 22일]