(Lake Oroville, CA) – As of this morning, Lake Oroville is now officially 100% full. This is the second year in a row the lake has reached full capacity.

Releases today remain almost exactly matching inflow in the 11,500 cfs (cubic feet per second) range.

Meanwhile, Lake Shasta is at 97% of capacity.

DWR is reporting an increase in our state’s ground water supply for the first time in four years, 4.1-million-acre-feet of managed groundwater recharge and an 8.7-million-acre-feet increase in groundwater storage. Part of it is due of course to the largest consecutive above-average precipitation in years, but also due to conservation efforts which resulted in 17-million-acre-feet less of ground water extracted during the last water year.