Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s “water content” line took off like a rocket in
early January, starting at 10-inches of water content and ending up, as of the end of the month,
just short of 37-inches and 261-percent of normal to date.

The department has already begun water deliveries to Los Angeles, making room for the next
four months of the official rain season. LADWP has also begun operational spreading in the
Valley and will likely continue through August or September of this year, recharging the
aquifers.

LADWP estimates the snowpack will end up at 163-percent of the April 1 (the end of our rain
season) normal. Right now, the weighted average of Owens Valley snow pillows is 261-percent
of normal. The department will be conducting its snow surveys this coming week.

Big Pine Creek still leads in water content at 190-percent of the April 1 normal and nearly 300-
percent of normal to date with rainfall three times normal to date. All of the snow pillow
measurement points (Gem Pass, Mammoth Pass, Rock Creek, Sawmill and Cottonwood Lakes)
are above 200-percent of normal to date.