What’s New
Water levels at some California reservoirs are on the rise, prompting California Department of Water Resources (DWR) officials to announce an increase in planned water deliveries for 27 million Californians in 2025.
Newsweek reached out to the DWR by email for comment on Wednesday.
Why It Matters
After years of drought, several reservoirs in California reached concerningly low water levels in the summer of 2022. However, an abnormally wet winter that followed alleviated much of the state’s drought and replenished the lakes.
A similarly wet winter last year brought a deluge of rain to California. Reservoir water levels rose across the state, with several reservoirs nearing their capacity in 2023 and 2024, including the state’s two largest reservoirs, Lakes Shasta and Oroville.
What To Know
On Monday, the DWR announced an update to the State Water Project allocation forecast for 2025. The SWP is a water storage and delivery system extending more than 700 miles, two-thirds the length of California…