SoCal water suppliers are upbeat about water being released in the pipeline from NorCal, in addition to a rain forecast

The reality, though — especially after heavy “atmospheric river” rains in mid-November and December drenched Northern California — is that farms will receive far more water than the 5% of requested amounts promised them in late December, when state officials behaved as if the November downpours would be the water year’s last precipitation.

California water officials are projecting a boost in delivery fulfillments this year, despite enduring a predominantly dry January. The Department of Water Resources on Tuesday announced that its State Water Project would likely be able to allocate 20 percent of requested supplies,