(FOX40.COM) -- Environmental leaders across California prepared on Monday to ring in the new water year. This means it's time to collect new precipitation data ahead of the state's "wet season."

We're told this water year, California is starting things off with more groundwater data than ever before. According to water management professionals, this promotes sustainability and helps protect drinking water supplies.

From mild to extreme and wet to dry, according to the Department of Water Resources, California's climate over the past five years has confirmed what climate scientists have long predicted.

"We always have to be prepared for anything," Laura Hollender, the Department of Water Resources' Deputy Director for Flood Management and Dam Safety, said.

However, each year on Sept. 30

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