Looking over a tangle of water pipes of varying sizes, George Hanson, a water utility manager with the City of Roseville, said the system is a big part of the city’s future. “It essentially allows us to diversify our water supply portfolio,” Hanson said. That’s because the pipes are set up to store water underground by syphoning storm water from the Folsom dam, when weather events such as atmospheric rivers dump huge amounts of water. … This type of groundwater recharge is an important way to help the state’s water supply moving forward, said permitting program manager with the State Water Board, Amanda Montgomery. 

Other atmospheric river and weather stories:

• San Francisco Chronicle: California storm: Flooding hits North Bay, climate scientist says worst is ‘yet to come’
• The Press Democrat: Stalled storm causes flooding, downed trees, power failures, with more on the way
• NBC 4 Los Angeles: What atmospheric rivers mean for storms, rain and snow in California
• The Mercury News: ‘Bomb cyclone’ storm dumps more rain, with Friday to be biggest day in East Bay, Peninsula and South Bay
• KTLA 5: Another atmospheric river is already headed for California. Here’s when it will hit