According to a Jan. 17 proclamation of a state of emergency by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2014 is projected to be California’s driest year on record. Brown has called on Californians to reduce their water usage by 20 percent.

At this time City College has not received word from the Los Rios Community College District regarding any policy changes that might a effect campus water usage, said City College Communication and Public Information Officer Amanda Davis.

“For the eight years I have been here, I have always heard ‘drought’ as a buzz word,” Davis said. “But I think this is the first time it seems like a real issue. I mean, Folsom [Lake] is just a stream now.  This is serious.”

According to Brown’s proclamation, the state’s water supply has shrunk alarmingly, as evidenced by the snowpack in California mountains recorded at only 20 percent of its average density in January.

The most recent snowpack water equivalent, measured electronically March 27 by 99 sensors in the northern, central and southern Sierra Nevada mountains, is 7.1 inches, up to 25 percent of the date’s average of 28.3 inches, according to California’s Department of Water Resources. Surveyors went to the snowpack April 1 to take manual readings. Due to recent precipitation the snowpack was found to be 32 percent of average water content for the date, according to a media release from the California Department of WaterResources.

According to glossary of terms at the National Weather Service website, the snowpack is defined as the total snow and ice on the ground, including both new snow and previous snow and ice which have not melted.
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s student’s guide to climate change states that snowpack measurements matter because when the snowpack melts in spring and summer, it provides fresh water for rivers and streams and fills reservoirs that supply drinking water to cities and towns. 

The Sacramento City Council passed a resolution March 14 declaring a water shortage and implementing Stage 2 of the city’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), according to a statement released by the city of Sacramento March 15.

According to the City Council report, Stage 2 of the WSCP requires Sacramento residents to reduce water usage by 20-30 percent and only allows limited days for watering property. The report also includes increased enforcement of the Water Conservation Ordinance and the doubling of fines for outdoor water waste violations. Davis said she hopes to learn more about the district’s drought policy as the warmer months draw closer.

“I expect to hear something,” Davis said. “The district has been really good in the past to responding to environmental issues.”

Geology Professor Kathryn Stanton, Ph.D., said a City College water saving policy would be a prudent measure. “I would love to see that formally introduced,” Stanton said.