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Drought Conditions Return To Southern California Following Several Wet Years

January 4, 2025   8:21 amJanuary 4, 2025   8:21 am
According to new data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor this week, California has officially returned to drought conditions in some parts of the state. Between the late 2010’s and early 2020’s, California had megadrought conditions across the state resulting...
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California Water Officials Report a Good Start in First Snowpack Survey of the Year

January 2, 2025   4:54 pmJanuary 2, 2025   5:55 pm
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released their first snowpack survey of the year on Thursday, finding that the statewide snowpack is currently just above average at 108% in the state. However, California’s reservoirs are at 121% of average....
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Big Bear Lake Water Levels Reach Highest Levels Since 2012

June 8, 2024   2:45 amJune 7, 2024   9:22 pm
New data released from the Big Bear Municipal Water District found that the lake is currently at it’s most full since 2012, and is only 4 feet shy of becoming full for the first time since 2010. Only two years...
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Lake Oroville Reaches Full Capacity For Second Year In A Row

May 8, 2024   2:45 amMay 8, 2024   2:46 am
The California Department of Water Resources announced on Tuesday that Lake Oroville in Butte County has reached it’s full capacity, becoming the second year in a row that it has reached that level and quelling drought fears for at least...
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California Reaches 113% Snowpack Level On Critical April 1st Measurment

April 2, 2024   7:07 pmApril 2, 2024   7:07 pm
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that the April 1st snow survey at Phillips Station, widely regarded as the most crucial snow measuring day of the year as it records peak snowpack, was at 113% of average snowpack...
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California Reservoirs Topping Off, Quelling Drought Fears

March 9, 2024   2:30 amMarch 9, 2024   2:31 am
A growing number of reservoirs in California have topped out water according to new reports on Friday, with state Department of Water Resources (DWR) officials having to release hundreds of billions of water through controlled releases since the beginning of...
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California Becomes Drought-Free For The First Time Since 2020

November 9, 2023   5:26 pmNovember 9, 2023   5:26 pm
According to new data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor this week, the entire state of California is officially drought-free for the first time since 2020. Since the late 2010’s, California has had megadrought conditions across the state resulting in water...
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