News Release: State’s Initial Projection Shows Only 5% of State Water Project Water Available for Californians
From the State Water Contractors (SWC):
“On the heels of a very dry year, the California Department of Water Resources announced today that California’s water agencies, those that get water from the State Water Project (SWP), should initially expect only five percent of SWP water supplies. Only one other time in the history of the SWP has the initial allocation been such a small percentage. …
“’We lost an opportunity earlier this year to capture a significant amount of water due to our outdated water system,’ said Terry Erlewine, General Manager of the State Water Contractors. ‘If we had a more modern water delivery system in place, like that proposed under the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, we would have more water in storage and today’s low allocation announcement wouldn’t be so dire.’”
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