Weeks of rainfall in California won't end a severe drought, but it will provide public water agencies serving 27 million people with much more water than the suppliers had been previously told.
Floodwaters cover South Davis Road near Salinas in Monterey County, Calif., as the Salinas River overflows its banks on Jan. 13, 2023.
Most of the state, however, remains in moderate or severe drought, with only a fraction on the far north coast entirely free of drought. But when strong storms hit, like the ones that pummeled the state in January, state officials say they are limited more by outdated infrastructure than they are by environmental rules. The State Water Project has been pumping at maximum capacity the past few weeks, pulling out water at 9,500 cubic feet per second . Meanwhile, Nemeth said water is running into the ocean at 150,000 cubic feet per second .
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