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El Niño lifts hopes for more water, stirs fears of flooding

Peter Hecht

Special to the Village News

California reservoirs are brimming at historic levels after a water year described as akin to a "miracle."

Lake Shasta, the largest reservoir in the federal Central Valley Project that provides water to over 3 million acres of farmland, stood last week at 131% of its historic average water level. Lake Oroville, the cornerstone of the State Water Project that supplies water to 27 million people, stood at 136% of its historic average after its water level rose by more than 240 feet.

The dramatic increases in surface-water supplies are the result of an El N...

 

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