Dry: 2/23/13
Extra Dry: 2/22/14
Number of months since a month of average or above average rainfall: 13
Amount of water that has flowed down the San Antonio and Nacimiento Rivers into lakes San Antonio and Nacimiento this year: None
Number of feet the water level in Lake San Antonio has dropped over the past twelve months: 92
Additional feet the water level in Lake San Antonio can drop before it reaches “dead pool” (below the level of the outlet pipes): 10
Combined capacity of Lakes San Antonio and Nacimiento: 729,000 acre feet
Amount currently in storage: 95,330 acre feet
Average yearly pumping as reported by Salinas Valley well operators from 2003 – 2012: 495,968 acre feet
Elevation of groundwater in the most heavily over-pumped section of the Salinas Valley’s East Side Aquifer: More than 60 feet below sea level
Rate of advance of seawater into the Salinas Valley’s 180-foot aquifer prior to current drought: 600 feet per year
Chance that current drought will exacerbate nearly all Salinas Valley water problems from seawater intrusion to ag runoff contamination: 100%
