San Diego Water Officials Declare Drought Over

The San Diego County Water Authority voted Thursday to officially declare the region’s drought over. Authority officials, who voted 25-0 with eight abstentions, said the heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, local rain and wet weather along the Colorado River basin have combined to end the drought. “We are not in a shortage,” said the Water Authority’s Dana Friehauf. “We are not in a supply shortage situation.” The agency is telling its business and residential customers that there is plenty of available water and the drought emergency is over.