Winter storms put an end to outdoor watering restrictions for some Southern Californians.
In December, the state Department of Water Resources announced that water agencies would be receiving 5% of the allocations they requested from the state. Ensuing winter storms replenished supplies and that figure was raised to 35 percent last month."We know these last nine months were a sacrifice for the dozens of communities under mandatory restrictions," MWD board chair Adán Ortega Jr. said in a statement.
"While we certainly appreciate the improved water supply conditions, I want to caution everyone that our challenges are not over," MWD General Manager Adel Hagekhalil said in a statement."We ask everyone to remain diligent in saving water regardless of the weather."Most people in Los Angeles are supplied by the LADWD, which allowed watering twice a week, down from three.
Thirty-six percent of the state is in moderate drought, the least severe of the weekly report's four drought categories. At the start of the water year in late September, that figure was at 99.76 percent. Only 8 percent of California is in severe drought, a significant improvement from 93 percent at the start of the water year.
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