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Director's Report
Staff
Budget
Saltcedar Report
Precipitation
Mitigation
Vegetation
Soil Water Conditions
Groundwater Conditions
LORP Hydrology
Pumping History
Pumping 2008-2009
Bishop Cone Audit
Inyo County Water Department (ICWD) has collected precipitation data at seven rain gauges in Owens Valley since 1993. Precipitation totals for ICWD rain gauges appear in Table 1. For the 2008 water year (beginning October 1, 2007, and ending September 30, 2008), precipitation measured at the gauges averaged 5.96 inches.
Table 1. Precipitation (in inches) measured in ICWD rain gauges by water year (October 1 of the previous year through September 30 of the year noted).
Rain Gage | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
RG-1, east of Fish Slough | 5.94 | 3.40 | 7.60 | 4.51 | 4.66 | 6.09 | 1.82 | 1.32 | 2.26 | 0.86 | 5.41 | 2.75 | 8.65 | 5.94 | 1.19 | 5.63 |
RG-2, near Laws | 6.29 | 3.62 | 7.80 | 4.55 | 4.91 | 7.34 | 2.50 | 1.73 | 3.27 | 1.28 | 5.49 | 2.96 | 11.13 | 6.47 | 1.23 | 6.40 |
RG-3, southeast of Bishop | 7.21 | 4.34 | 8.87 | 4.29 | 6.85 | 9.98 | 2.39 | 2.93 | 4.63 | 1.24 | 6.57 | 3.59 | 9.96 | 7.04 | 1.63 | 7.26 |
RG-4, south of Big Pine | 8.29 | 4.24 | 9.76 | 6.85 | 8.33 | 8.99 | 1.83 | 2.56 | 3.34 | 1.59 | 7.23 | 4.09 | 9.35 | 7.8 | 2.25 | 5.89 |
RG-5, near Goose Lake | 6.83 | 2.15 | 7.07 | 5.64 | 7.02 | 7.47 | 1.98 | 0.80 | 2.46 | 0.75 | 7.47 | 2.58 | 7.94 | 5.44 | 0.93 | 6.18 |
RG-6, near Blackrock | 9.00 | 2.95 | 8.67 | 7.07 | 8.68 | 10.01 | 1.88 | 1.59 | 2.91 | 1.28 | 10.38 | 4.01 | 11.38 | 8.13 | 1.66 | 6.85 |
RG-7, west of Union Wash | 5.00 | 1.61 | 4.88 | 2.14 | 4.35 | 5.06 | 1.61 | 1.54 | 3.91 | 0.51 | 5.62 | 1.77 | 5.88 | 1.99 | 0.76 | 3.48 |
Rain Gage Average | 6.94 | 3.19 | 7.81 | 5.01 | 6.40 | 7.85 | 2.00 | 1.78 | 3.25 | 1.07 | 6.88 | 3.11 | 9.18 | 6.12 | 1.38 | 5.96 |
Avg. Precipitation Occurring Oct 1 - Apr 15 ("Winter") |
6.84 | 1.86 | 6.75 | 4.39 | 4.79 | 5.24 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 2.45 | 0.97 | 6.07 | 2.87 | 7.74 | 5.50 | 0.92 | 5.49 |
percent in winter | 98 | 58 | 86 | 88 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 66 | 75 | 90 | 88 | 92 | 84 | 90 | 67 | 92 |