The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced on Oct. 3 that reservoirs in the Central Valley Project (CVP) are in good shape starting the 2024 water year due to record-setting rains in 2023.
BOR estimates there are currently 8.17 million acre-feet (an acre-foot is 325,851 gallons) of water in storage to start the water year. The CVP’s major reservoirs are Trinity, Shasta, Folsom, New Melones and Millerton reservoirs, and the federal share of San Luis Reservoir. BOR declared all reservoirs at 100% capacity in April.
“We could not have asked for better conditions in 2023 and the rain and snow were a welcome reprieve after the driest three-year stretch ever,” said Reclamation Regional Director Ernest Conant. “The ample precipitation California received has left our reservoirs well positioned as we transition to a new water year.”
According to BOR, the CVP is California’s largest single source of irrigation water, typically supplying water to about 3 million acres of agricultural land in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys and drinking water to portions of Northern California.
