CA drought update: After days and days of relentless rain and snow, how's our drought outlook? A look at conditions - now on ABC7
The recent storms have actually filled many of the state's reservoirs, which could even overflow once all of the snow melts. Officials say the drought conditions across the state are improving and the water supply is looking much more promising than a month ago.The state's major reservoirs are located in Northern California, which is where most of the rain and snow has fallen.
As of midnight Monday, Shasta Lake is up to 84% of its historical average, compared to 57% at the beginning of January.In Southern California, Pyramid and Lake Perris are remaining stable. Castaic has increased from 55% of historical averages on Jan. 1 to 71%. Castaic had retrofit work done in 2021 and with the increased rain, it's returning to a more normal level.
"Keep in mind, there is a healthy snowpack sitting just upstream of those reservoirs, and so as we start seeing the warmer temperatures come during the spring time, we're hoping to see a lot of that runoff make it into those reservoirs," said Demetri Polyzos with the Metropolitan Water District. So what happens next? Well, it all depends on Mother Nature. Once the snowpack starts melting, the reservoirs could overflow.
"We're going to start to see these reservoirs, which nine of them are already filled from the rain water, so then you add on snow melt and we may have some problems with that as far as flooding goes," said Pastelok.It hopes to capture as much of that water as it can.
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