California experienced a record dry January and
February.
And it doesn't look like the state will see its "Miracle
March" to bring all the water needed.
The Department of Water Resources can now only promise
35-percent of requested deliveries through the State Water
Project.
That's down from 40 percent.
DWR rarely reduces delivery projections.
It has only happened three times since 1970.
Pumping restrictions to protect salmon and Delta Smelt have
also left the San Luis Reservoir 63-percent full.
That supplies water for both the State Water Project and the
federal Central Valley Project.
But other reservoirs will help California cope with the dry
weather.
The state water project supplies water for nearly 25 million
Californians and a million acres of farmland.
