What a difference a couple of years make as California reservoirs that were once teetering on empty are now overflowing. Water conditions are much improved in California in 2017 after several years of drought in recent years dried up lakes and streams across the state. Record rain and snow that fell on the state during the winter filled reservoirs and added over 70 feet of snow pack that is now melting under the blistering heat of summer. In places like Millerton Reservoir and Pine Flat Reservoir runoff has filled the lakes to capacity.