California water officials are set to tell major water agencies today that they will get even less water from state supplies than the small amount they were promised to start the year.
and pleas for conservation as the winter comes to a close with little of the hoped-for rain and snow.
Meanwhile, Californians water use went up in January despite calls for conservation. Gov. Gavin Newsom has stopped short of mandatory water-use cutbacks, but his Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said recently that local or regional governments might issue their own orders. But the dry conditions that began in 2020 are demanding more conservation, as reservoirs such as Lake Oroville and Shasta Lake remain below historical levels and less water from melting snow is expected to trickle down the mountains this spring.
“What is our plan here to sustain through what may be a very long drought? Nobody knows, and I don’t think we’re getting the miracle March that we hoped for,” said Jennifer Pierre, general manager for the State Water Contractors, which represents the agencies that rely on state supplies.
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