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Remote Northern California Reservoir Stuck In Drought Despite Winter's Water Wealth

Trinity Lake is one Northern California reservoir where all the rain and snow hasn't quite added up.

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May 12, 2023

WEAVERVILLE -- There has been a lot of attention on the parts of California that saw a huge winter. One example is the Tulare Lake basin, which has flooded again as the southern Sierra snowpack melts.

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Just about all of the state's reservoirs are now near full. Shasta and Oroville, the two largest, are both well above their historical averages.

Trinity Lake, however, is one Northern California reservoir where all the rain and snow hasn't quite added up.

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