https://lakemonitor.ai/lake-mapping/californiaWestern reservoirs have quietly lost about 8% of their storage to sediment, with two in five losing over a quarter of capacity. Drought, wildfire ash, and invasive weeds are colliding beneath California's lakes - so what's actually left underwater?
[thoughtful] Here's a number that stopped me cold prepping for this episode: a new, sweeping nationwide study estimates reservoirs across the Western United States have collectively lost about eight percent of their original storage capacity to sediment, and the losses are far worse in individual reservoirs, with about two out of five losing more than a quarter of their storage capacity. In a state that leans as hard on stored water as California does, that's a big deal. Lake Monitor City: Alamo Address: 3000-F Danville Blvd #370 Website: https://lakemonitor.ai Phone: +1 925 935 4200