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Agency staff: no visible surface inflow to Ojai Basin; water levels and low flows reported
Summary
Agency staff reported no visible surface inflow to the Ojai Basin for the first time in about four to five years, citing a depth-to-water reading of ~124.16 ft (about 75.5% capacity, ~60,400 acre-feet) and low measured outflows (2.12 and 0.85 CFS). Staff said subsurface flow persists but is hard to observe.
Jordan, an agency staff member, told the board at the July 31 meeting that "we really, have reached a point hydrologically where we don't have any surface flow visible, into the basin" at the usual inflow points.
Jordan said the key well shows a depth to water of about 124.16 feet, which he said corresponds to roughly 75.5% capacity (about 60,400 acre-feet). He…
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