LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Metropolitan Water District General Manager Shivaji Deshmukh issues the following statement on the California Department of Water Resources’ increase of the State Water Project allocation to 45%: “Despite low snowpack in the Northern Sierra, the Department of Water Resources has been able to take advantage of good runoff conditions and additional precipitation last month to capture more water in Lake Oroville. Metropolitan will continue to strategically manage this