After three years of severe drought, water supplies are boosted and reservoirs are filling.
In a major sign that California’s drought conditions are easing after a series of huge storms earlier this month, state water officials on Thursday increased the amount of water that cities and farms will receive this summer from the State Water Project, a series of dams, canals and pumps that provides water to 27 million people from the Bay Area to San Diego.
“Thanks to the water captured and stored from recent storms, the state is increasing deliveries to local agencies that support two-thirds of Californians — good news for communities and farms in the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom. “We’ll keep pushing to modernize our water infrastructure to take advantage of these winter storms and prepare communities for the climate-driven extremes of wet and dry ahead.
The state Department of Water Resources said it expects to deliver 30% of requested water supplies in 2023, up from the initial 5% allocation it announced on Dec. 1. But that was before a series of nine atmospheric rivers drenched the state starting in late December, causing flooding and storm damage from Sacramento to Santa Cruz County to Santa Barbara.From Dec. 26 to Jan. 15, 17 inches of rain fell in downtown San Francisco.
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