Why California's Wet Winter Doesn't Solve Its Long-Term Water Problems

Published April 17, 2017 at 1:12 PM EDT

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A pedestrian crosses a street as the strongest storm in six years slammed Southern California, in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 17, 2017. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to California’s drought this month, lifting emergency water restrictions in all but a few counties across the state. This winter has been the wettest on record for Northern California, but that doesn’t mean California’s problems are over.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Jay Lund ( @JayLund113), professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California Davis.