Water managers are now preparing for a “fourth dry year,” as well as more unpredictable weather and wildfires associated with climate change, DWR Assistant Deputy Director John Yarbrough said during a meeting of the California Water Commission. What’s more, “we have to prepare and expect that we’re going to see things that we haven’t seen before.”Climate & Environment Tracking the California drought The latest maps and charts on the California drought, including water usage, conservation and reservoir levels. Part of the challenge facing the state’s water managers is that climate change is making it more difficult to predict and prepare for water outcomes, Yarbrough said. Still, Yarbrough emphasized that California remains in serious drought. “It’s an incredible change in the landscape of a watershed, as you can imagine,” he told the California Water Commission.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 22, 2022 21:03 UTC