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Ag Report: California Department of Water Resources storage summary is out

Kern River
Posted at 8:54 AM, Sep 25, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-25 11:54:39-04

As the water year 2019 comes to a close this month a new California Department of Water Resources storage summary is out showing the yearly results.

The summary showed all but three reservoirs listed running at or above their historical average. However, the wet year did not provide full water supplies for all.

Customers of the state water project and South-of-Delta agricultural water contractors of the federal Central Valley Project had only 75-percent of water supplies.

Some agriculture advocates say this points to the need for additional storage.