Reservoir operations Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

August 15, 2025

Latest projections stress the need for robust operational agreements for the Colorado River after 2026 The Bureau of Reclamation released the August...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: From forecast to flow: Optimizing California’s reservoirs with FIRO

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 8, 2025

California is adapting to increasingly intense storm patterns, largely driven by atmospheric rivers. These narrow bands of concentrated water vapor...

PRESS RELEASE: Updated operations analysis finds water for more than 3 million people could have been captured if Sites Reservoir were operational today

Sites Project Authority

Water project operations

April 26, 2025

Press release from the Sites Project JPA: The Sites Project Authority (Authority) announced that during this wet weather season, Sites...

DWR: New report shows implementation of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations at Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar can increase region’s resilience to floods

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

March 14, 2025

Benefits of the flexible water management strategy outlined in a new report By the Department of Water Resources: A new...

SJV WATER: Water managers vent frustration over water dump from Tulare County lakes; pivot to Delta issues

SJV Water

Policy and regulation Water project operations

February 6, 2025

By Lisa McEwen SJV Water Editor/CEO Lois Henry contributed to this report Outflow from Success and Kaweah lakes is back...

SJV WATER: Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes

SJV Water

Water project operations

February 1, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success...

SJV WATER: Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble

SJV Water

Policy and regulation Water project operations

January 31, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back...

WHITE HOUSE: Trump issues broad Executive Order targeting CA water policy; Stakeholders, enviro groups respond

President Trump

Policy and regulation Water project operations

January 27, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] President Trump’s Executive Order By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Atmospheric rivers from research to reconnaissance: A conversation with research meteorologist Marty Ralph

Robin Meadows

Hydrology Notebook News and Features Water project operations

October 7, 2024

By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty...

DWR NEWS: Climate readiness – Using advanced lasers and sonar to determine if Lake Oroville has lost capacity

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

June 27, 2024

For the Department of Water Resources: With California experiencing extreme swings between severe drought to torrential rain, the Department of...

PRESS RELEASE: Real-time conditions show Sites Reservoir would be 100% full at close of 23-24 wet season

Sites Project Authority

Water project operations

May 30, 2024

Sites would be completely filled to 1.5 million acre-feet of water over the past 2 years if it was operational...

PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today

Sites Project Authority

Water project operations

February 17, 2024

2023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...

EOS: Weather and watershed forecasting make for dam smart water use

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

December 13, 2023

By Nicole Choi, AGU In December 2012, heavy downpours from an atmospheric river—a long atmospheric pathway that transports large amounts...

SJV WATER: Kern River interests allowed to squeeze a little extra water into Lake Isabella this winter

SJV Water

Water project operations

October 19, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern River irrigators will be able to store more water than usual in Lake Isabella...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biologist asks judge to limit California dam’s impact on endangered salmon

Courthouse News Service

Water project operations

October 18, 2023

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said she could not issue an order recommending operational changes to the Coyote Valley...