Drought Preparedness Workshop with San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2003 The Department of Water Resources and the San Gorgonio Pass San Gorgonio Pass (el. 2,600 ft. / 792 m) cuts between the San Bernardino Mountains on the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south. Like the Cajon Pass to the northwest, it was also created by the San Andreas Fault. Water Agency are holding a public workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on February 11, 2003, to summarize current water conditions, drought preparedness actions, reliability of State Water Project deliveries, and Pass Area groundwater resources. The workshop will be held at the Banning Civic Center's Council Chambers, 99 East Ramsey Street in Banning. Information about State financial assistance opportunities for local agencies will also be presented. Water years 2001 and 2002 were both classified as dry. Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, precipitation precipitation, in chemistry precipitation, in chemistry, a process in which a solid is separated from a suspension, sol, or solution. In a suspension such as sand in water the solid spontaneously precipitates (settles out) on standing. was substantially below normal in 2002, reaching record or near-record lows in many areas. For inland Southern California, 2002 was the fourth consecutive dry year. Customers of large urban water agencies did not experience shortages, thanks to imported water supplies. Water shortages were confined to small, isolated Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. communities relying on fractured rock groundwater sources. Water year 2003 began with dry river basins statewide and depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d groundwater basins in some areas. Although a wet December through mid-January 2003 brought statewide snowpack snow·pack n. An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months. snowpack 1. conditions to above-average levels for the time of year, it is still too early to reliably estimate the water year type. Snow pack accumulation at the end of February will provide a better indication of whether the year will be wet or dry. For background on droughts and drought preparedness, see: http://watersupplyconditions.water.ca.gov/. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. Visit DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked 's Website at http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/ |
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