United States: California’s Sonoma County town hall to discuss wine sector’s water use

A town hall meeting in Sonoma County will reportedly include a discussion of the wine sector’s use of water and efforts to increase its sustainability. The first eight months of 2022 have been the driest in Sonoma County in 128 years according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with rainfall nearly 20 inches below normal. Lake Mendocino, a key regional reservoir in the Russian River watershed, is at approximately 46% of its storage capacity, and Lake Sonoma is storing 44% of its capacity.