Drought planning Archives

April 3, 2025

California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...

DWR: DRIP Collaborative Second-Year Milestones: State-Led Drought Task Force Moves to Strengthen California’s Drought and Water Shortage Resilience

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

March 17, 2025

From DWR: California’s increasingly severe droughts are not just a challenge for water managers — they fuel extreme wildfires, threaten...

DAN WALTERS: California officials plan for a dry 2025 with grim water supply guesswork

Cal Matters

Water project operations

December 5, 2024

By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California water experts prepare for climate whiplash

Inside Climate News

Planning and management Policy and regulation

November 29, 2024

As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...

PRESS RELEASE: Metropolitan improving water supply reliability for 7 million people

Metropolitan Water District

Water project operations

September 12, 2023

Board advances two projects that will increase access to water supply, storage for communities that faced shortages last year Press...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Moving beyond crisis management for winter-run chinook

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Fish and wildlife

July 25, 2023

By Robin Meadows Two years ago, California’s winter-run chinook were dealt a devastating blow. These endangered salmon were already struggling...

STATELINE: Even after a wet winter, California is preparing for the next drought

Stateline

Planning and management

May 15, 2023

Communities are focused on recharging underground aquifers and improving conservation. By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Mountains are capped with record snowpack,...

AG ALERT: Local solutions central to water forum

Ag Alert

Agriculture Planning and management

May 11, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Facing a third year of drought, leadership from county Farm Bureaus, spanning all regions of...

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on interim operations plan for SWP/CVP, voluntary agreements

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

December 1, 2021

At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Steven Arakawa briefed the committee members on recent communications...