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December 2015
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Alternative water
sources such as
stormwater and
graywater could help
supplement scarce
water supplies.
Figure 1. The impacts of a recent drought at Folsom Lake, California, which was at 97 percent capacity in July 2011 (left), and at
17percent capacity in January 2014 (right).
SOURCE: California Department of Water Resources.
Figure 2. Several impoundments in California capture and store stormwater for groundwater
recharge. The Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, pictured here, receive controlled releases from the
San Gabriel Canyon, Santa Fe, and Whittier Narrows dams. SOURCE: Department of Public Works,
Los Angeles County.