For the first time in three years, Diamond Valley Lake, the largest reservoir in southern California, is filled

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The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) announced on Monday an event that had not been seen in at least the last three years, the fill of the largest reservoir in southern California, Diamond Valley Lake, in Hemet, Riverside County.

The intense storms that have been recorded so far this year have helped drastically reduce the alarming levels of drought that California had suffered.

Thanks to the heavy rainfall, the main reservoirs in the state have satisfactorily recovered their levels, and Diamond Valley Lake could not be left behind.

Officials with MWD, which serves about 19 million people in six Southern California counties, held a meeting with state officials at Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet.to publicize “operational actions” that will maximize the amount of water stored in depleted reservoirs and groundwater basins.

Although levels at Diamond Valley Lake, there are some areas of the region that cannot receive water because they are located at higher elevations.

As reported, the MWD is aware of that problem, so A project is being studied to take water from the lake and pump it to the communities that are located at higher elevations. and that they had to reduce the use of the liquid during the dry season.

“We are in the design, we are going to begin the construction of different elements of that project. In a few years, water from Diamond Valley Lake will be taken north through the inland feeder near Silverwood Lake to feed various agencies on the east side of our system,” the Metropolitan Water District said.

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