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Humboldt supervisors accept drought resilience plan, staff to refine local well data and storage options
Summary
The Board accepted a draft drought resilience plan fulfilling Senate Bill 552 requirements and directed staff to improve local data collection (including dry-well reporting) and consider distributed on-site water storage and other community-specific resilience measures.
Humboldt County supervisors on Feb. 3 accepted a draft county drought resilience plan prepared to meet state requirements under Senate Bill 552, while urging staff to incorporate more locally specific data and consider distributed on‑site water storage as a resilience tool.
"Based on current federal and state monitoring data, Humboldt County is not experiencing drought conditions at this time," Patrick Cash, hazard mitigation program coordinator with the county Office of Emergency Services, told the Board, citing the U.S. Drought Monitor and other statewide indicators. He and county staff, however, cautioned that below‑average Sierra Nevada snowpack could reduce spring and summer runoff and create future pressures.
Mario Carlso…
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