http://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-folsom-lake-water-levels-bucking-california-drought-trend-1774095 > As torrential rain continues to batter California, water levels in the Golden State's drought-stricken reservoirs are finally on the rise. Folsom Lake has seen particularly promising improvements, with water levels climbing above historical averages. > "The Folsom dam has been doing really well, to the point where we've had to make what are referred to as flood control releases," Ernest Conant, regional director of the California branch of the U.S Bureau for Reclamation, told Newsweek. "The other reservoirs are doing well too, but not to the degree that we are at Folsom and on the American River."