In other words, YES we are still very, very dry and short of groundwater in a most drastic way. It's going to take (probably) five really, really, REALLY good years to truly reestablish the ice bank (snowpack) and replenish even a fraction of the groundwater we've been pumping so mercilessly.
SoCal really needs to get its shit together when it comes to water conservation, and fast. NorCal is not going to continue to stand for increasing drainage of water from rivers, deltas, and reservoirs while SoCal continues to expand population heedless of the water demands. Ag is changing how it does things, but it's going to take time and a lot more fallowed fields--which means higher prices. :(
(And yes, BTW, the same goes for NorCal--it's better up here this year, but it's not by any means smarter when it comes to building. Or conserving.)
So keep conserving water, make it a habit in everything you do, and encourage others to do the same. It can't hurt, and if enough of us do it, it just might help.
PA
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