California’s reservoirs on a path to 3rd great water year
As of Tuesday, California’s six largest mega reservoirs are 75% full, holding 26% of their normal historical levels for this date. … For the mega reservoirs, that is a sweet spot; enough room to catch much more water for the remaining three months of wet season. If there’s too much rain, they can release water to prevent dangerous overflow, as we saw with Lake Oroville back in February 2017. In fact, Oroville is already releasing water right now. California farmers get about 70% of their water from dams and reservoirs.
Other reservoir and water supply news:
- The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Oroville Dam spillway opens after stormy week
- Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): Storms bring dramatic turnaround for Northern California reservoirs
- KSBY (San Luis Obispo, Calif.): Cachuma Lake over capacity after recent rainfall
- CBS San Francisco: Lake Mendocino reservoir at capacity; will use new water release guidelines
- Oakdale Leader (Calif.): State turning winter rain into future water supply
- San Francisco Chronicle: Map shows where California rainfall is over 300% of average this season
