Blog: Department of Water Resources Announces 5% Initial Allocation for 2014
From the KMTG [Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard] Natural Resources Blog:
“California’s Department of Water Resources announced yesterday [Nov. 19] an initial 5% allocation of requested deliveries of Table A water to State Water Project contractors for 2014. …
“Low storage levels in the state’s major reservoirs are largely responsible for the low initial SWP allocation. Lake Oroville in Butte County is at 41 percent of capacity (66 percent of its historical average for the date). Lake Shasta north of Redding is at 37 percent of capacity (61 percent of average). San Luis Reservoir in Merced County is at 25 percent of capacity (42 percent of average).”
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