Water Supply in Good Shape for the East Bay

It appears East Bay residents will be able to soak their lawns and fill their swimming pools this summer.

The East Bay Municipal Utility District reports its reservoirs are sitting at 101 percent of normal for this time of year with a large snowpack looming above them.

Pardee Reservoir is at 99 percent of its capacity while the district's East Bay reservoirs are at 91 percent of capacity and Camanche Reservoir is 71 percent full. District reservoirs are at 82 percent of their capacity.

Meanwhile, the snowpack in the part of the Sierra that serves EBMUD is 137 percent of normal.

The snow depth at Caples Lake region sits at 110 inches. That's 140 percent of normal.

The water content of that snow is 33 inches. That's 139 percent of average.

Rainfall in the East Bay watersheds is slightly more than 20 inches this season, 95 percent of average. Precipitation in the Mokelumne Basin is almost 45 inches. That's 125 percent of normal.

The water supply is plentiful because of above average rainfall in December and February in Northern California.

EBMUD serves 1.4 million customers in a 331-square-mile region covering parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The district stretches from Crockett to Castro Valley and includes Walnut Creek and the San Ramon Valley.