…DWR to further assess the problem. Unlike farmers who already have extensive levee expertise, Fedora’s employees had to go through training by riding with district staff, so they know what…
Snowpack Water Content Remains Far above Average
The Sierra Nevada snowpack continues to build during one of the wettest winters in California’s recorded history. The most recent manual snow survey by the Department of Water Resources (DWR)…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…water in the reservoir eroded the emergency spillway. The evacuation order was lifted Tuesday. Butte County Supervisor Bill Connelly said DWR officials feared a collapse of the spillway, “which would…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…decision. This is your decision on how this is going to work. It’s got to satisfy DWR and it has to meet the goals, but it’s your decision to figure…
NASA Report: San Joaquin Valley Land Continues to Sink
…infrastructure. DWR also will investigate measures for reducing subsidence risk to infrastructure, including groundwater pumping curtailment, creation of groundwater management zones near critical infrastructure, and county ordinance requirements. DWR is…
Snow Survey Shows Big Gains
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada range on February 2 found a snow water equivalence of 28.1 inches, a significant…
State Water Project Allocation Increased
As winter storms continue to fill reservoirs and boost the snowpack, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today increased its estimate of this year’s State Water Project (SWP) supply from…
Drenching Rains Dent California Drought
…January 12 is .87 inches, and we are now 3 inches past that.” Reports show a significant change in the state’s main reservoir levels. California Department of Water Resources (DWR)…
Snowpack’s Statewide Water Content Below Average
Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada range found a snow water equivalence of 6 inches, which is 5.3 inches less than…
State Water Project Allocation Increased to 45 Percent
Storms Dent, Don’t End Drought Shasta Lake With reservoirs rising from December storms, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today boosted its early-season estimate of next year’s State Water Project…
State Water Project Starts at 20 Percent
…which they contract with DWR. Nearly all areas served by the SWP have sources of water other than the DWR allocation, among them streams, groundwater and local reservoirs. DWR is…
Officials Warn of Flash Flood Potential
…Statewide Emergency Preparedness and Security for DWR. “Flood preparedness is even more important this year due to widespread wildfires the state has experienced.” DWR uses innovative monitoring tools that synthesize…
California Saw Snow Drought in 2016
…California ‘snow drought.’ The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) explains the term in its recently released Drought and Water Year 2016: Hot and Dry Conditions Continue, a water year…
Proposals for Delta Habitat Restoration
First-of-its-Kind Request for Proposal Invites Non-Governmental Participation In an effort to quicken the pace of habitat restoration in California’s biggest estuary, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) invited private…