California Reservoir Status

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13. Snowpack level is relatively high where I am in the Klamath Mountains

despite a higher than long term average precipitation this year.

Looking from my home (when sky is clear) the snow accumulation zone is 4000 feet or so where historically the snow zone is down to about 3000 feet.

There has been rain nearly every day for the last two months and snow 4X where I live at about 500 feet but the low snows have all been followed by warm rains. The River runs high but not as high if the snow had accumulated lower and came down in a larger pulse.

The ground water problem is not an easy two year fix where there has been industrial draws for decades.

Most water from the California Water Project goes to agriculture and to protect the Sacramento River delta with urban use a distant third in use.