Bureau of Reclamation published its initial water allocation numbers for the Central Valley Project, the state's other water storage and delivery backbone.ĪLSO READ: Remarkable recovery at Northern California's most beleaguered reservoir "We're hopeful that more storms this week are a sign that the wet weather will return, but there remains a chance that 2023 will be a below average water year in the northern Sierra," said DWR director Karla Nemeth.Īlso on Wednesday, the U.S.
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Amid torrential rain at the start of the year, the water level at Lake Oroville, the state's second largest reservoir, has risen from historic lows to 821.15 feet mean sea level, or 69 percent of full at 900 feet.
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 14: In an aerial view, the Enterprise Bridge traverses Lake Oroville on Februin Oroville, California. On Wednesday, DWR slightly increased its delivery forecast to 35 percent of requested supplies while noting that so far February has been fairly dry. SACRAMENTO – State and federal water managers announced Wednesday increased deliveries for millions of Californians in response to hopeful hydrologic conditions that materialized over the past several weeks.Īfter a series of powerful storms brought rain and snow to much of California in December and January, increased reservoir levels led the state's Department of Water Resources to set its delivery forecast at 30 percent of requested water supplies for the 29 public water agencies that draw from the State Water Project to serve 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.
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