An automated sprinkler waters grass in front of homes in Alhambra, Calif., April 27, 2022, a day after Southern California declared a water shortage emergency with unprecedented new restrictions ...

According to data provided by the California Department of Water Resources, during the four months between December 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, 15.8 million acre-feet flowed into the delta, but ...

By mid-2022, major reservoirs like Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville had dropped to levels not seen in decades, sparking widespread concern about California's water security.

The Metropolitan Water District, which supplies water to millions of Southern California customers, including Las Virgenes, will restrict outdoor watering to one day a week beginning June 1, 2022.

Those will take effect starting April 14. This comes after other new restrictions have been put in place at Rancho Seco Lake, Woodward Reservoir and Lake Berryessa, among other water bodies.

Lake Oroville in California during a period of drought in 2022. casch/Getty What To Know As of Monday morning, Lake Oroville's water levels were at 896.46 feet in elevation. This is less than 4 ...

Those will take effect starting April 14. This comes after other new restrictions have been put in place at Rancho Seco Lake, Woodward Reservoir and Lake Berryessa, among other water bodies.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which supplies 19 million people across six counties, has 3.8 million acre-feet banked in various reservoirs and underground storage facilities.

California Senate bill to ease regulations on recycled water use introduced The drought may have ended in 2017, but now, even when it's raining, California's water supply has remained a topic of ...

However, since the winter of 2022-23, the lake's water levels have significantly recovered. Above-average snowfall in the winters of 2023 and 2024 helped the reservoir recover.

A Quiet, Practical Revolution California’s water resilience won’t hinge on one massive reservoir or sweeping pipeline. It will depend on a network of smarter, quieter innovations.