Jon Erdman
Published: March 26,2015
These startling photos are more evidence of the severity of California's drought, now going into its fourth year.
Located about a three-hour drive east of San Francisco
in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada, Lake McClure currently
holds only 8 percent of its capacity as of late March, according to
the Merced Irrigation District.
(MORE: Statewide Snowpack Reaches New Record Low)
More
than 3,000 residents in the Sierra Nevada foothill community of Lake
Don Pedro who rely on water from the 26-mile long lake could run out of
water in the near future if the severe drought continues. Residents are
under mandatory 50 percent water use restrictions.
This past week,
California's snowpack dipped below a previous record low for late March
set in 1977. This is more bad news, since California's reservoirs are
typically replenished by spring snowmelt from the mountains
According to sfgate.com, a hiker found an old railroad line right-of-way while hiking along the lake bed in early February.
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