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Reliable Water Supplies Make San Diego Region Well-Prepared for 2024

/in , /by /The Vista Press by Editor Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Thanks to a decades-long supply diversification strategy and continued efficient use of water across the region, the San Diego County Water Authority announced today that the region has reliable supplies to meet demands in Water Year 2024, which started Oct. 1.

Hydrologists use Oct. 1 to begin measuring the snow and rain that will help carry water users through dry summer months the following calendar year. This fall, El Niño conditions continue to strengthen and could bring above-average precipitation to Southern California.

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Reservoir Levels Across California Remain High as the Wet Season Nears

/in , , /by /ABC 10 by Brody Adams

 Reservoirs across the state of California remain elevated as another wet season approaches.

Following the record wet winter, lakes and reservoirs were nearly full to the brim as the melting snowpack made its way into them.

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City Will Remain in a “Stage 2 Water Shortage Level” Despite Recent Wet Winter

/in , , /by /Santa Monica Daily Pressby Scott Snowden

Council voted unanimously to continue the 20 percent reduction in water use per the 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan last week despite an abnormally wet winter that pulled much of the state out of drought. The decision was part of the Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report that is due each year by July 1 to the California Department of Water Resources and also requires formal adoption by Santa Monica City Council.

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Snowpack in Southern Sierra Hits All-Time Record Levels. How Deep is That?

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Terry Castleman

After years of extreme drought and dismal snowpack, California has had a remarkably wet winter and is now veering into record-setting territory for snowfall.

As of Friday, the snowpack in the southern Sierra Nevada was at 286% of normal — the highest figure ever, easily eclipsing the region’s benchmark of 263% set in 1969.

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February Could Be the Make-Or-Break Month for California’s Drought

/in , , /by /ABC 10by Monica Woods

California is nearing that make-or-break point to pick up some rain and snow totals. January has turned out to be a total bust for big storms, continuing that winter whiplash of wet to dry weather.

Almost all the gains we’ve made reducing the severity of our two-year drought came from storms in October and December. In October, those gains were from one big atmospheric river sitting over the state for days. December saw multiple storms ending in a record setting snowiest month for the Sierra.

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