What to Know About California’s Current Drought Status

Eva Ortega
Staff Writer

Despite the hopeful outlooks many California residents had for El Niño, this complex climate change had little effect on our current drought situation. Due to the latest rainy season major state reservoirs across California have been brought to fifty percent water capacity. However, it has yet to improve conditions in Southern California where many reservoirs remain between a twenty and forty percent capacity.

Furthermore, the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (USGVMWD) declared that one of their major water supply agencies is in a state of emergency. According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, this district that supplies to over 1 million residents is being restricted from receiving necessary supplies that usually come from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

The San Gabriel aquifer is one of two areas that are being withheld from their imported water. As a solution, the USGVMWD proclaimed it has begun to identify which areas will be the first to feel the repercussions of this detainment along with taking every measure to accommodate the worst possible outcome.