…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…
Funding for Ag Water Use
…application process for the Agricultural Water Use Efficiency & State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program. This new competitive grant program category will combine $3 million in funding from DWR’s Proposition…
Delta Habitat Restoration Project Documents Released
…landscape, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the Prospect Island Tidal Habitat Restoration Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for a 45-day public review period. Prospect Island is…
Environmental Impact Report Draft Released
DWR Releases Draft Environmental Impact Report on State Water Project Contract Extension The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released for public review a draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on extending…
Multi-Party Water Exchange Will Benefit Donner Lake
…Water Resources (DWR) proposed a series of complex water exchanges between TMWA and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada that was accepted by the parties on August 3, 2016….
SGMA BMP Survey Deadline Extended
Best Management Practices (BMP) Survey Deadline Extended Thru August 8 The DWR Sustainable Groundwater Management Program has developed a BMP Survey to help rank initial BMP development for the sustainable…
Groundwater Monitoring Improves
…elevation monitoring for all 515 groundwater basins identified in DWR Bulletin 118, California’s Groundwater. The Water Code also requires DWR to make groundwater elevation data widely and readily available to…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…is required under D-1641 for release in the summer. In the spring and summer of 2017 and 2018, DWR and/or Reclamation will provide up to an additional 250TAF of outflow…