![]() No more washing cars without a shutoff nozzle, overwatering lawns after it rains, or cleaning streets with drinking water. ![]() The state’s new water restrictions, unanimously approved by the Water Resources Control Board, focus on reducing water waste in urban areas. “This year is not going to be as bad,” said Lund, but “there’s still a fair chance that the drought will continue for a third year.” He added that we won’t know for sure until the state’s rainy season ends in March or April. Meanwhile, climatologists are anticipating that a La Niña weather system in the Pacific could result in a drier than average spring in California. Reservoirs, while improving, are still low, and depleted groundwater supplies are recovering more slowly than water experts like Lund would like. But most of the state is still considered to be in severe drought. The Sierra Nevadas are buried under nearly 18 feet of snow, and the water level in Lake Oroville, one of the state’s largest reservoirs, has risen 89 feet in the past few months. “Every year at this time, you just have to be prepared.”Īfter one of its driest years on record, California’s 2022 is off to a damp and hopeful start. “Uh, this is California,” said Jay Lund, co-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. Officials issued emergency water regulations this week - which won’t affect agricultural operations - even as the northern part of the state braced for possible flooding from winter storms. ![]() An onslaught of rain and snow has pulled most of California out of exceptional drought, but experts warn that the state’s dry spell is far from over. ![]()
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