A rare straight three years of average snowfall or better in the mountains means it's statistically more likely that a dry ...

As of most recent data from California DWR, the lake is currently at 91 percent capacity. At the end of October 2008, San Luis Reservoir was at 12 percent capacity, a historic low for the reservoir.

The Bureau of Reclamation operates the Central Valley Project, which delivers irrigation water to 3 million acres of farmland and drinking water to more than 6 million people in the state.

Lake Oroville, the capstone of the state reservoir system, was at 120% of its historical average on Friday, state data shows. And San Luis Reservoir, the one fed by the Banks pumping plant ...

Water agencies up and down California will be getting larger allocations from the state and federal delivery systems this ...