Southern California water agencies will receive a modest boost in water supply due to recent storms, the state Department of Water Resources announced Feb. 22.
The department now expects to deliver 35 percent of requested water supplies, up from 30 percent forecasted in January, to the state’s water agencies.
In December, the state projected only being able to deliver 5 percent of requested supplies. But record rainfall in parts of California in January bumped that number.
The new allocation, according to the department, equates to an additional 210,000 acre-feet of water, which could fill over 100,000 olympic-sized swimming pools.
“We’re hopeful that more storms this week are a sign that the wet weather will return, but there remains a chance that 2023 will be a below average water year in the northern Sierra,” department Director Karla Nemeth said in a statement….