Sonoma County Reservoirs Recovering From Drought Conditions In Just About A Month

CBS San Francisco

January 18, 2023

At the start of this water year, it was very possible that the North Bay was facing the most serious drought challenge. The past four weeks or so have been something of a small miracle for Sonoma County, where reservoirs have taken a dramatic rebound.

3,000 cubic feet per second is now being released from Lake Mendocino, and it really does signal a dramatic change of fortune here in the North Bay. And while it wasn't inconceivable, it happened in four to five weeks.

"If that rain had been separated out over 15 weeks," explained Donald Seymour with Sonoma Water. "We wouldn't have seen the benefits at the reservoirs."

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