Water cascades into Diamond Valley Lake from the DVL’s inlet/outlet tower in Winchester on Monday. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is refilling the region’s largest reservoir with supplies made available by this winter’s storms.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Following a series of winter storms that eased drought conditions across the state, Southern Californians celebrated a sight nobody has seen for several punishing years: water rushing into Diamond Valley Lake.
The massive reservoir — the largest in Southern California — was considerably drained during the state’s driest three years on record, with nearly half of the lake’s supply used to bolster minuscule allocations from state water providers.
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