Lake Tahoe Water Level Highest in Over 5 Years
Lake Tahoe is higher now than it has been in 5.5 years. The lake’s surface elevation as of Thursday was 6,227 feet, and it will most likely fill another two feet to its upper limit at 6,229 sometime this year, according to Federal Water Master Garry Stone in Reno. High precipitation numbers last year officially brought the region out of drought, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. But the lake was so depleted from years past, it took a year to catch up to normal levels.
Under federal law, it’s Stone’s job to make sure it doesn’t exceed that 6,229 level. This law was set up to make sure that high water levels do not erode the shoreline.
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