California has an above-average snowpack and the state's reservoirs are mostly filled, bringing a substantial boost to water supplies.
California’s mountains are covered with snow, reservoirs are mostly filled and hills across the state are sprouting green grass and wildflowers after the latest round of soaking storms. The snowpack across the Sierra Nevada now stands at 105% of average for this time of year, and state officials will provide an update on conditions Tuesday when they conduct their April snow survey, which is typically when the snowpack reaches its peak.
That level of water deliveries “puts us in balance” with current water demand, Hagekhalil said, enabling the MWD to not draw down its stored supplies this year, and instead keep those reserves for when they’re needed. Hopefully, he said, the latest storms will bring another increase in the state’s water allocations. “That puts us in a place where we are storing water everywhere we can,” Hagekhalil said. “Every drop that we can now store is a drop that we have available for the future,” he said.
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