Russian River Weely Update 8/31/26

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East Fork Russian River in Potter Valley, September 2025 by E Salomone
East Fork Russian River in Potter Valley, September 2025 by E Salomone

 

Reservoir Storage & Operations:

Water supply information provided by Sonoma Water (find more water storage info here).

Data on lake storage levels: Mendocino, Pillsbury, and Sonoma show current storage, target curves, and recent changes.
The chart shows Lake Mendocino's storage levels from 2019 to 2026, with projected values indicating trends in acre-feet.
The graph shows Lake Pillsbury's storage levels from 2019 to 2026 and compares them to target storage scenarios.
The graph shows Lake Sonoma's water storage levels over several years, tracking various annual trends in acre-feet.

 

Future of the Eel River to Russian River Trans Basin Diversion (Potter Valley Project)

  • FERC has noticed two additional public scoping sessions on September 15th and 16th to collect comments on the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the NEPA document. All interested individuals, resource agencies, Native American Tribes, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are invited to attend one or both of the sessions.  See the RRFC webpage on the Future of the Eel River to Russian River Diversion for more information on the additional scoping meetings and more.
  • FERC has extended the comment period on the Scoping Document 1 for the Proposed Surrender, Decommissioning, and Non-Project use of Project Lands (NERF) to September 18, 2026 at 2 PM Pacific Time. Agency/Organization submitted comments to FERC on scoping document are linked on RRFC webpage on the Future of the Eel River to Russian River Diversion

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