Some Bay Area reservoirs are 100% full, as Oroville rises 97 feet
Across the Bay Area and California, the past two weeks of soaking storms have brought mudslides, floods and power outages. They’ve also brought something not seen in years: Billions of gallons of water rushing into reservoirs, renewing hopes that the state’s relentless drought may come to an end this spring.
The state’s largest reservoir, Shasta, near Redding, which is 35 miles long, has risen 37 feet since Dec. 1. The second largest, Oroville, in Butte County, has risen 95 feet, barely a year after state officials shut off the hydroelectric turbines in its dam for the first time in its 50-year history due to extremely low water levels.
“When there is storm after storm, we’re trying to make sure we are ready and prepared,” said Kristin White, Central Valley Operations director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which operates Folsom and Millerton. State and federal officials caution that unseasonably hot weather in the coming months could melt much of the snowpack, or strong high pressure ridges could block new storms.
In Silicon Valley, four of the 10 reservoirs operated by the Santa Clara Valley Water District are at or near 100% full — Almaden, Coyote, Chesbro and Uvas. But the district’s entire system is only 51% full because its largest reservoir, Anderson, near Morgan Hill, was ordered drained in 2020 by federal dam safety officials to complete a $1.2 billion earthquake safety project.
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