California snowpack at 55% of normal, survey shows [View all]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The water content of California's mountain snowpack is at a disappointing 55 percent of normal, according to the snow survey conducted Monday morning.
April's survey of the snowpack is considered the most important of the year, said Mark Cowin, director of the state's Department of Water Resources. The snowpack is normally at its peak in early April, just before it begins to melt and feed the state's streams, reservoirs and aquifers.
"An unusually wet March improved conditions, but did not make up for the previous dry months," Cowin said in a statement. "The take-home message is that we've had a dry winter and although good reservoir storage will lessen impacts this summer, we need to be prepared for a potentially dry 2013."
The crucial reading means the state will probably deliver just half of the 4 million acre-feet of water requested by members of the state water project this year, after an unusually wet 2011 helped fill up the state's reservoir storage. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons of water - enough water to supply one to two households for a year.
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