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Water supplies in 2010 — Too early to tell

Posted by: Maven on December 2, 2009 at 5:36 pm

From Spreck Rosekranz at the Environmental Defense Fund’s On the Water Front blog:

“This morning, the Department of Water Resources released its December 1st water supply forecast predicting that State Water Project customers will receive only 5% of their contract entitlement in 2010.

It is worth noting, however, that these initial forecasts have historically been significantly increased later in the year. For example, the previous low initial forecast was 10%, made in 1993. After a wet winter, customers received 100% of their contract allocations.

Over the last 10 years, actual contract allocations have exceeded the December 1st forecast by an average 31%, or more than one million acre-feet of water. … “

Find out more and check out the chart of showing forecast vs. allocation from 2000 on by clicking here.

December 2, 2009 · Filed Under State Water Project (DWR)

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