Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which supplies about one-third of California’s water needs, was far lower than average for the end of January at one of the state’s measurement points Friday.
The results from Phillips Station, in El Dorado County, were presented at a news conference where the director of the Department of Water Resources also rebutted President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. military had turned on unspecified water pumps that he said would deliver more water to California.
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