Lake Oroville is sitting at 89 percent capacity, and the Department of Water Resources is focused on keeping it that way as dry conditions persist across the Feather River watershed. The reservoir currently stands at 875 feet in elevation. Releases to the Feather River are running at 2,100 cubic feet per second, with a planned reduction to 1,750 cfs on Sunday, March 29. Even with the reservoir nearly full, DWR is required to maintain designated flood storage space under federal guidelines set by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Between mid-September and June, those rules dictate that a portion of the reservoir’s capacity must remain open to absorb potential inflows from rain and snowmelt.

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