Water runoff from the Sierra is estimated to be around 73% of the normal amount of runoff between April and July.
This will result in less water available, more water restrictions, and increased water conservation efforts. It’s just another reminder that the drought is still very much taking its toll.
The Department of Water Resources now projects that the mountains will produce about three quarters of normal runoff during the months of heaviest snowmelt, shorting the rivers and reservoirs that typically provide a third of California’s water — and cementing a fifth year of historic drought for the Golden State.
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