Congratulations to everyone in California who isn’t a Sheep Creek Water Company customer.  The state has announced that 100% of all requested allocations from the State Water Project and Central Valley Water Project are 100% filled for water customers in California.  This wet winter has sure had some lovely surprises between the spring blooms and now full water allocations.

Unless you are a Sheep Creek Water Company water customer, of course.  We are still stuck in what is termed in the bylaws (p. 31) “a severe water supply decrease” and so our water allotment per share remains ridiculously small.  And the moratorium drags on and on…

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A wet California boosts water allocations to 100% for first time in nearly 20 years

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-20/california-boosts-water-allocations-after-wet-winter-full-reservoirs

For the first time since 2006, California officials have increased allocations from the vital State Water Project to 100% of requested supplies, as reservoirs across the state are nearing capacity and an epic snowpack has yet to melt.

An unusually wet winter brought unprecedented snowfall and a succession of heavy rainstorms, pulling much of the state out of a punishing years-long drought and transforming the year’s water outlook.

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“With reservoirs nearing capacity and snowmelt runoff starting to occur, [the state Department of Water Resources] now expects to deliver 100% of requested water supplies, up from 75% announced in March,” state officials said Thursday.

Also on Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced a corresponding increase to 100% of requested water allocations for most regions served by the federal Central Valley Project, which provides critical farming irrigation and water supplies to the San Joaquin Valley, San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley.