Heavy rains this winter and spring sent torrential flows down local creeks and rivers, and L.A. County managed to capture and store a significant amount of that stormwater, officials say.
To be exact, they snared an estimated 295,000 acre-feet of water since last October, or 96.3 billion gallons.
That’s enough water to supply about 2.4 million people a year — nearly one-fourth of the county’s population.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.