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DWR Announces 100% State Water Project Water Allocation For 2023

April 21, 2023 2:30 amApril 21, 2023 5:53 pm

The Department of Water Resources announced Thursday they would be boosting State Water Project allocations this year from 75% to 100%, meeting 100% of all water requests for the first time since 2006. Statewide droughts in the 2010s and 2020s...

California Reaches 237% On Average Snowpack Level On Critical April 1st Measuring Date

April 4, 2023 2:36 amApril 4, 2023 2:37 am

The California Department of Water Resources announced that the April 1st snow survey at Phillips Station, widely regarded as the most crucial snow measuring day of the year, was at 221% of average snowpack at the location, with statewide averages...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces Ending State Water Restrictions

March 24, 2023 7:36 pmMarch 24, 2023 7:36 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that the state would be ending numerous water restrictions, while keeping those aimed at preserving groundwater and helping further recharge the Klamath River and Colorado River areas. For the past several years, the drought...

Reservoirs, Snowpack Levels Continue To Rise Across The State Following Latest Atmospheric River Event

March 24, 2023 2:30 amMarch 24, 2023 2:31 am

The heavy rains and snow that 12th atmospheric river event this year brought continued to break precipitation records across California this week, with reservoir and snowpack levels all but ensuring the state enough water to stave off the drought this...

Report: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento No Longer Under Drought Conditions

March 16, 2023 12:25 pmMarch 16, 2023 1:27 pm

According to new data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday, the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento are no longer under any drought conditions, with over 63% of the state also now no longer experiencing drought....

Half of California No Longer Under Drought Conditions

March 3, 2023 1:31 pmMarch 3, 2023 1:31 pm

According to new data released by the U.S, Drought Monitor on Thursday, only half the state is currently under drought conditions following the recent storms earlier this week, with no part of the state now at ‘extreme drought’ levels for...

Silicon Valley Has 20-40 Inches of Rain, Flooding, But Clings to ‘Severe Drought’

January 18, 2023 3:30 pmJanuary 18, 2023 3:43 pm

The California Department of Water Resources announced that snowpack levels have reached nearly 250%, the Globe reported Tuesday. Specifically, the Northern Sierra region is currently at 209% of snowpack, with the Central Sierra/Tahoe region coming in at 246%, and the...