State water managers have issued the year’s first estimate of water deliveries at just five percent of the amount requested by California water systems.

Officials with the Department of Water Resources, which runs the State Water Project, said Monday the meager volume of deliveries could increase if the winter is characterized by healthy rain and snowfall totals.

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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.