Folsom Lake levels are dropping rapidly and within a month boats at Brown\u2019s Ravine Marina must be pulled.<\/p>\n
Shane Hunt, spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, said based on current estimates and operations, July releases will remain around 5,000 cubic feet per second.<\/p>\n
\u201cJuly is the highest demand for the Central Valley Project,\u201d he said. \u201cThe reservoir releases form Folsom and Shasta are expected to be their highest this month.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Central Valley Project is the largest water delivery system in the country. It was devised in 1933 to provide irrigation and municipal water to much of California\u2019s Central Valley.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe provide water to millions of acres of farmland and well over a million people,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cIt\u2019s a combined system of 20 dams and reservoirs that we operate to meet a multitude of demands.\u201d<\/p>\n
While farmers and folks and fish downstream may benefit, boaters aren\u2019t happy about the shortened boating season on Folsom Lake.<\/p>\n
The past several years boats were pulled in July, due to the drought.<\/p>\n
Joe Phum, of Folsom, and his father Joseph Phum were out enjoying Folsom Lake on a recent afternoon. Phum was not pleased after learning that the lake level will be getting lower and lower in the next month, cutting the boating season short.<\/p>\n
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