Report provided by: Matthew Meadows, Assistant Watermaster Effective immediately, June 2, 2023, the flood release targets from Pine Flat are being reduced by 200 cfs. Currently Pine Flat order is 12,400 cfs will be reduced to 12,200 cfs. This reduction at Pine Flat will be made in two changes, -100 cfs this afternoon, and -100…
Report provided by: Matthew Meadows, Assistant Watermaster This is an information and conditions update. As of today, no scheduled changes to our current flood release targets from Pine Flat. The target in the South Fork is 2,500 cfs. The target flow is being routed through a combination of Army Wier and the Crescent By-pass.  The…
Report provided by: Matthew Meadows, Assistant Watermaster The Army Corps of Engineers is increasing flood release targets starting Saturday, April 8, 2023, at 0400 hours from Pine Flat. The target in the South Fork will be increased from the current 2,000 cfs to 2,500 cfs in steps of 100 cfs per day for 5 days.…
Report provided by: Matthew Meadows, Assistant Watermaster Kings River Water Association The Army Corps of Engineers is increasing flood targets Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 0400 hours. The target in the South Fork at Army Weir will be increasing from 1,600 cfs to 1,700 cfs. Additionally, on Friday, March 31, 2023, the target into…
Kings River Conservation District’s 2022 Annual Report is now available for viewing. After a busy year, KRCD staff managed to accomplish many activities in the energy, environmental, and water resource sectors. One highlight of this past year is KRCD’s management of the Kings River levee system, “2022 has afforded us the opportunity to accomplish significant…
INCREASINGLY SERIOUS HIGH WATER prospects in what is shaping up to possibly be a record Kings River runoff season have led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District to announce plans to begin a rare flood release into old Tulare Lakebed. The USACE decision Saturday will mean that flood release flows from Pine…
The Kings River Conservation District Board recently installed two new directors, Anthony Nonini and Jenifer Marshall. Anthony Nonini was seated on the Board in December 2022. Nonini is the owner of A. Nonini Ag services which provides Orchard & Vineyard removal and land development services to the Central Valley. In addition to his business, Nonini is…
This winter’s major storm events  have created a snowpack at high Sierra Nevada elevations that is already far above what is considered normal water content on April 1 when the winter’s snow conditions are typically considered to have reached their maximum. “This year’s first snow surveys show the measured snowpack water content at the 10…
The groundwater extraction permit bill AB 2201, introduced by Assembly Member Bennett from the Santa Barbara area, will have a damaging impact on growers and communities in the Central Valley and is redundant to the Executive Order issued by the Governor in response to the drought. Assembly Bill 2201 will have a damaging impact on…
In January of this year, the Kings and Tulare Lake Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) were notified by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) that their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) were incomplete. DWR identified several deficiencies in the GSPs. Below is a summary of the responses to DWR’s identified deficiencies in the Kings and Tulare…