Drought

On Friday, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced they will be cutting water deliveries to 5 percent. Initially, the allocation was set for 15 percent of requested supply, but a dry January and February forced the agency to reduce deliveries in order to conserve available water supply. In …

Earlier this week the Bureau of Reclamation approved an additional $17.5 million in WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Project grants for ten more projects in the Western United States. According to Reclamation this additional funding supplements the prior $20.5 million in WaterSMART grant funding that was announced in January 2022, for a …

With California preparing for a third dry year, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced its sixth round of local assistance through the Small Community Drought Relief program. In coordination with the State Water Resources Control Board, DWR has allotted $49 million in funding for 18 projects across the state. …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station yesterday. The manual survey recorded 35 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 16 inches, which is 68 percent of average for this location for March. The snow water equivalent …

Yesterday, the Bureau of Reclamation announced their initial 2022 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project contractors and most irrigation districts in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys can expect to receive zero deliveries from the project’s vast network of reservoirs and canals. CVP allocations are based on an estimate …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has launched a new website, California Water Watch, that helps Californians easily access information on current local and statewide water conditions – down to their own region and even neighborhood. “The variability of California’s climate and current water conditions we are experiencing now make …