California drought is over

California's drought is officially over.

Gov. Jerry Brown made the declaration Wednesday after a state crew found the mountain snowpack at 165% of normal for the date.

Major reservoirs in the state and federal water systems all have more water in them than usual for this time of year, officials said.

The drought was declared three years ago. Read more at the Los Angeles Times' Greenspace blog.

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Photo: Tony Padnano talks on his cellphone last week outside his store in Donner Summit, Calif. Credit: Tim Dunn / Reno Gazette-Journal

Comments

[Truthclaw]

So when will the DWP lower the water rates to non-drought rates and take away the use penalties? The day or week after hell freezes over?

[Don Sums]

I wish they wouldn't say things like the drought is over. That just gives people reason to hose off their driveways or sidewalks and continue to waste water. Also, the drought will never be over in southern California. We do not have a proper way of collecting runoff. I say that next year everyone will say we are in a drought again.

[Steven M.]

People better start buying sand bags and flood insurance. The Sacramento Delta area is going to be a MESS.

If someone had smarts, they'd develop an aqueduct system to pump the water into reserviors and underground, to increase the water table.

[nemofish]

People forget that most of California is naturally a desert. We are not suppose to be some huge oasis, all of this was created by man. We are never in a drought because should always be in a drought, we're short on water because we inhabited a desert!

We are surrounded by Arizona, Nevada, and Baja Mexico...deserts. Oregon is to the north border and that part of california replicates that of Oregon, naturally. Why do people think that the rest of california should mimic that? It's a desert, so it replicates that of Arizona, Nevada, and Baja Mexico. The only difference is those areas don't have the same population we have.

[michael g]

Now that the drought is officially over, we can all look forward to the "California Water Shortage" and brush fire warnings come next August. Not to worry, Jerry Brown and the Dems will find a way to tax them....

[david t]

Yes, let's just lie to people and tell them that at any second, water could run out. Because scare tactics rather than being truthful is the most honorable thing to do!