Winter Deluge Easing Sonoma County's Drought Water Woes

CBS San Francisco

March 17, 2023

SONOMA -- Three years of drought emergency may soon be coming to an end in Sonoma County, a decision that will be considered early next month.

The system's two reservoirs have surged with the winter storms and they're trying to save as much of that water as possible.

"We've actually encroached from what we call our conservation or water supply pool into our flood pool," explained Chris Schooley with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "We now have to evacuate that and that's what you're seeing here today. We're increasing the flows to bring the water down behind the dam."

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