California’s groundwater supplies greatly benefited from last year’s historically wet rainy season, according to a new report from the Department of Water Resources. 

During the state’s “water year,” which runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, California was able to capture 4.1 million acre-feet of “managed groundwater recharge” — roughly enough to fill Lake Shasta — on its way to increasing overall groundwater storage by 8.7 million acre-feet, according to DWR. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.