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Midyear water supply update: Santa Barbara reports healthy carryover, lower rainfall than prior years
Summary
City staff reported May 22 that Kachuma and Gibraltar reservoirs and desalination met most supply needs through April 2025; the water year to date is drier than the previous two years and the city plans no groundwater pumping or State Water Project use this year.
City Water Resources staff presented a midwater‑year update May 22, reporting that Santa Barbara remains in a secure position for the current and next two water years despite a drier 2024–25 season.
Staff said Gibraltar Reservoir was at about 96% of capacity as of May 2 and provided roughly 26% of supplies to date; Lake Kachuma (often referenced in the transcript as Kachooma) was at about 87% capacity and provided about 40% of supplies to date, with carryover water totaling roughly 6,000 acre‑feet and total Kachuma holdings of about 14,300 acre‑feet. Mission Tunnel supplies and desalinated water also contributed; desalination provided about 16% of…
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