The Department of Water Resources’ manual reading of Sierra snowpack—closely related to hydropower production in spring and summer—again yielded disappointing results March 3 showing water content at just 5 percent of normal. “That’s pretty grim,” said Frank Gehrke, chief of the department’s cooperative snow surveys program. “We’re kind of nudging up against the lowest snowpack
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