Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on the same resources. Numerous water management decisions are being evaluated currently, many with the goal of protecting endangered species such...
California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict dry conditions for the rest of the season. And conservation still lags. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters In a clear...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) requested supplementary modeling information from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) in support of the 2022...
By Todd Plain, Bureau of Reclamation As snow continues to pile up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the start of 2022, local and federal water managers alike, eagerly anticipate data from snow surveys to find out how much snow is on the ground, the water content of the snow, and exactly where it has fallen. Estimating...
Written by Robert Shibatani As we welcome in the New Year, our reservoir status has taken on a whole new appearance as this past month has generated record amounts of rain and snow. During the month of December alone, precipitation...
