The drought is over in Silver Lake — at least, at its picturesque reservoir. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials announced Wednesday that the popular Silver Lake Reservoir — which has stood empty for more than a year — will be refilled starting in mid-April. The 96-acre reservoir is expected to be fully refilled by the middle of June, nearly a year ahead of schedule. Without water, the Silver Lake Reservoir was an unsightly concrete basin that resembled a proving ground, with construction trucks, equipment and sprawling weeds. “We got our water back,” said Jill Cordes, one of the leaders of the Refill Silver Lake Now campaign, after the DWP made the announcement Wednesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2017 02:08 UTC