Boosted by this week’s storms, Lake Casitas in the Ojai Valley reached its full capacity and started to spill on Feb. 18, officials said.
Less than two years after it last spilled, the reservoir designed to hold enough water to make it through a 20-year drought hit that mark again. On Wednesday morning, the lake reached the level of the spillway, said Mike Flood, general manager of the Casitas Municipal Water District.
Water cascaded down the spillway on and off, but flows remained low. That’s kind of the best case scenario…