NID customers in Placer County are seeing more clear irrigation water. Combie Reservoir levels were dropped by the district to their lowest in years, in an effort to accomodate both a sediment removal and a hydroelectric upgrade project. That resulted in the water becoming murky and muddy. But Operations Manager Chip Close says tests indicate oxygen levels are returning to near-normal…
Close says cloudy and hazy-looking water in the system is similar to that of heavy rain during the winter months…
The District says additional testing also shows non-detectable mercury levels in the waters flowing through the District’s canals and down the Bear River, according to multiple sampling locations.
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