Compounding the problem, the Lake Nacimiento reservoir had to be shut down for safety reasons during repairs to a key generator damaged when a piece of an intake valve came loose and was sucked into the generator’s innards. Yet the Salinas River must flow to maintain groundwater recharging, fisheries habitat and recycled irrigation water in the northwestern part of the county. That meant switching entirely to Lake San Antonio to keep the river moving over the summer.

So, has all this rain helped the lake level at all? Could not seem to find anything on the net.

You need to wait for all the other water to flow down from the hills or wherever is feeding the reservoir. Even if it doesn't rain, it'll continue to rise for a while.

I didn't know this till I just looked it up- the San Antonio river flows into the lake-it's the river they dammed to make to make the reservoir in the 60's- it not a natural lake. I was just curious because i hope there is a lot more water in it by May.