California water status: reservoirs, snowpack, drought
The majority of California’s reservoirs are above their historic average levels following the end of two wet winters. The state’s largest reservoirs, Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville, were measured at a respective 118% and 122% of their averages for early April, according to data from the California Department of Water Resources. Folsom Lake in the Sierra Nevada foothills exits early April at 116%. Only two reservoirs, San Luis in western San Joaquin Valley and Castaic in Southern California, were below average. San Luis Reservoir was at just 87% and much smaller Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County was at 92%.
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