The last three years have been the driest in California's history. Water agencies across the state are concerned about possible shortages for next year and beyond.
The last three years have been the driest in California's history and now water districts across the state are concerned about possible water shortages for next year and beyond.
"We are living in unprecedented conditions," said Alvar Escrito-Bou, a senior fellow with the California water policy center. "We haven't seen this before. It's normal that after three years of drought -- especially if we don't get rain this fall or winter -- we could face big challenges on the supply side."
"It all depends on how conditions develop," said Demetri Polyzos a Resource planning team manager at Metropolitan Water District. "If conditions stay dry as they have been then we again we are in a situation where for pockets of our service area we will not have adequate supplies." But the percentage of water suppliers expecting shortages varies greatly by hydrologic regions, or natural areas of water flow throughout the state.In the South Coast region, which includes much of Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Diego counties, about 12% of water suppliers expect a shortage. In the San Francisco bay region, it's 60%.
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