I'm confused. Is the Stevens Creek Reservoir included in this summary? It's part of Santa Clara Valley Water District. It is certainly not "filled to the brim."

Thanks for any clarification anyone can provide.

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stevens creek reservoir is at 80%, but the reservoir itself is relatively tiny, it is only 2% of total capacity of the 10 local reservoirs. That is pretty much "full".

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A shame the state didn't exercise the forethought to build a few new dams to capture rainfall in wet years......again.

While we might not need restrictions to be imposed anymore, water conservation is a good habit to continue in our dry climate.

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I don't disagree with that. Just saying that increasing our storage capacity would be a far better investment than say....Gov Moonbeam's fantasy choo-choo.

Now would be a good time for the water company to reduce the cost of water, which was raised so high due to the drought. The drought is over, for now anyway.

I agree that increasing underground storage capacity would be a good thing. There's better ways than dams but conservation by the largest user group will make the most immediate impact, though once the exports of our almonds to china stops, many farmers will not get the investment back from the trees they planted, so that user group will eventually be reduced.

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How quickly we forget. One wet year followed by another 5 years of is not out of the realm of possibilities. New habits and attitudes are being formed. We live on the dry side of the ocean currents. Half the state is technology a desert that we try to grow crops on and 70% of the state's population lives in a desert. Reality should always temper optimism.

Deserts in California make up about 25 percent of the total surface area. Mostly the southeast areas.

First let me say thanks. I live in Orange County and some of your water back that possible. So much fertile soil here. Plants don't overwater people do. I have not watered by lawn since late August and that includes 2 wks. of 100+ degree weather. Very soon state population figures will be approaching 45 million and the water supply will still be at about 41 million acres feet.
We have been living off the surplus of groundwater and that bank account just like fossil fuels will soon tap out. As long as we continue with in our current paradigm of a linear extractive technology to supply our needs water will be issue in California and the southwest.