Governor Brown Expected To Declare End Of Calif. Drought
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to declare an end to California's 3-year-old drought. The announcement is expected Wednesday, after completion of the state's final snow survey.
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Heavy snow and drenching rains have left California reservoirs at high levels. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was 159 percent of normal as of Friday.
Still, the governor's office says in a statement Monday that it is critical that Californians continue to conserve water.
The Los Angeles Times says the drought ended from a hydrological perspective last year. But state officials say they wanted to wait until reservoir storage recovered.
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