State updates flood management plan for Central Valley

The 2022 Update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP) has been approved by the the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. The updated plan outlines improved flood management and infrastructure investments to reduce flood risk for the communities of the Central Valley.

The plan identifies $3 billion in needed investments over the next five years for actions such as implementing forecast-informed reservoir operations and expanding flood bypasses and floodplains with restored habitats.

More broadly, the CVFPP takes a systemwide approach to flood management, outlining specific actions and policies to guide the State’s investments and partnerships in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins in the decades to come. In the Plan, the State calls for investing $25 billion to $30 billion in Central Valley flood management over the next 30 years to close the significant funding gap between flood system resilience and increased risk.

Three central themes are woven throughout the 2022 CVFPP Update:

• Building flood system climate resiliency
• Aligning strategically with other State water management planning efforts
• Increasing accountability through performance tracking and transparency

Since 2012, the CVFPP has been updated by DWR every five years and presented for adoption by the Board. After the plan is adopted, it is used as a guide for the State’s investment in flood management programs.