Extreme Drought Conditions Expand Into Contra Costa, Alameda And Solano Counties

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

EAST BAY (CBS SF) — Extreme drought conditions continued to expand in the San Francisco Bay Area Thursday with Solano County and parts of Contra Costa and Alameda counties now added to a growing federal list of California regions facing water supply challenges.

Federal water officials update the U.S. Drought Monitor every Thursday. This week’s update revealed the growing water crisis in the Bay Area.

For weeks, Lake, Napa, Mendocino counties and a wide swath of Sonoma County have fallen in the extreme drought category with the remaining Bay Area regions experiencing conditions that fall under a severe drought designation.

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