1. El Niño Could Bring a Major Wet Winter — United Water Is Preparing by Drawing Down Lake Piru Now NOAA is projecting a "Super El Niño" for the 2026–27 winter, with some climatologists calling it potentially the wettest El Niño winter on record. United Water Conservation District is currently releasing water from Lake Piru at ~200 cubic feet per second, ramping up to 350 cfs after Labor Day, with a goal of lowering storage from ~76,000 acre-feet to roughly 38,000 acre-feet by mid-November — freeing up capacity to capture storm inflows. Stakeholders should expect to see water in the Santa Clara River channel through the fall as these conservation releases proceed; water south of Saddle Bridge is being directed into spreading grounds for recharge.
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