Springs Fire has burned 10,000 acres, hot summer expected

by Brian Leubitz

The Springs Fire has already burned over 10,000 acres, but with a lot of dry vegetation, we could be looking at a long fire season. And with a pretty dry winter, there are other issues as well. We’re going to be pulling a lot of water from our storage this summer:

The final California snow survey was bad news for the millions of residents and farmers who rely on the snowpack for their water. The reading was just 17 percent of normal following one of the driest winters on record, California Department of Water Resources (DWR) officials announced Thursday.

DWR projects it will only be able to deliver 35 percent of requested amounts from the State Water Project to the 29 agencies that purchase the water. The last time the allocation was that low was in 2008. (KPBS)

While not all Californians get their water from DWR, snow pack levels impact the water of all Californians in one way or another. These low levels mean that we’ll be dipping into storage from past years. The other big question is whether we will be seeing soome rationing, but as of right now, officials are saying that isn’t coming this year.

However, considering that we had the driest first quarter of the year in recorded history, all Californians should consider conservation as much as possible.