LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Water Resources is working on changes to its water supply strategy in order to adapt to a hotter and drier future.

Karla Nemeth, director of the department, says rising temperatures pose an enormous challenge.

What You Need To Know

  • Reservoir levels down because of drought and climate change

  • Castaic Lake water level lowers to 34% total capacity

  • The state only gave 5% water allocation

  • State regulators are looking to build a rain capture system

California is dealing with the reality of a future with less water.

Less snowpack and rain, but when the rain comes, it will be bigger pulsing flood events.

The California Department of Water Resources says they’ll need the right infrastructure to capture these big rain events when they occur and that is what they’re working on. 

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