A meaningless water supply forecast
October 30, 2008 | Posted by Spreck Rosekrans in Water Supply
Spreck Rosekrans is an Senior Analyst at EDF.
Why bother issuing a water supply forecast in October when the vast majority of California's rain and snow falls in the winter?
It is certainly true that reservoir storage levels are low after dry years in 2007 and 2008, and that we are all worried about how much rain and snow will fall in 2009. But it seems silly to make any prediction at all when winter will not begin for almost two months. It is a virtual certainty that State Water Project customers will receive supplies in excess of the initial allocation (15% of contract entitlement amounts) announced today by the Department of Water Resources.
