It may feel like it rained a lot last year – and it did – but not enough to satisfy L.A. County’s critical shortage of rainfall, officials say. A news release issued Tuesday by Water for L.A. County indicates that the county captured nearly 12 billion gallons of stormwater over the past several months. Tuesday was the last official day of the storm season, which begins on Oct. 15 every year. But the 11.9 billion gallons of stormwater received are still not enough. … A “stark contrast” provided by officials was the fact that the 2023-24 storm season brought 21.2 billion gallons of stormwater to the region, which was enough to meet the water needs of 2.9 million people for an entire year, officials explained. The drop in rainfall highlights L.A. County’s water management challenges that are exacerbated by persistent drought conditions; thus, local legislators are looking to improve the system that supplies water to more than 9.7 million residents countywide.