Wednesday September 14, 2022
KTVU —
The historic drought in California could be made worse as water levels fall in the state’s reservoirs. Officials say accelerated evaporation is to blame, the good news they say is one records heatwave is not enough to do serious damage.
“That increment increase, for a few days; it’s not gonna make a big impact in our scheme of things,” said East Bay MUD Water Supply engineer, Chris Potter.
According to officials, two things will make a difference. As the drought parches the land, it gets so dry, so deep that a lot of rain and snow runoff will likely not make it to reservoirs.
“The soil drys out more quickly, and I think that will lead to less runoff,” said Potter.
One good year of rain can erase several years of increased evaporation.