Monday March 16, 2026
The Sacramento Bee —
Yuba Water Agency filed a report with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday regarding the large water pipe rupture at the New Colgate Powerhouse on Feb. 13, stating that the incident may have reduced water flow in the lower Yuba River and temporarily dried out rearing habitat for Chinook salmon and steelhead.
In Friday’s report, the agency noted that roughly 0.5% of the total annual fall‑run Chinook salmon redds — nests where fish lay their eggs — and 1.2% of the annual steelhead redds upstream of Daguerre Point Dam “could potentially have been exposed to dewatering” due to the outage at the power facility.