San Diego county only gets 5% of its water from the California water project (aqueducts from Oroville). So Northern CA rain and snow will help Northern CA – but not So. Cal as much.
Kern and one other county are being cut out of the CA water project this season because there isn’t enough water. Farmers are in trouble. (Heard this on KPBS).
We had a person come in from the San Diego Metropolitan Water District a few years ago to talk about drought. She said 60-70% of potable tap water goes to landscaping and pools… not indoor consumption.
We’ve started our conservation. We have buckets in our showers – so while the water is heating up, we capture the water…. use it to deep water our fruit trees. The old Yellow/Brown rules are in place… which my boys are on the fence about – partially think it’s cool, partially think it’s gross. We’ve stopped watering the lawn – just the hedges, fruit trees, etc…
