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As part of a new long-term drought plan for California’s Central Valley, the Department of the Interior announced an $81 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for water conservation and drought resilience south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California’s San Joaquin Valley. For several decades, the …

The Bureau of Reclamation announced another increase in the Central Valley Project 2024 water supply allocation for south-of-Delta contractors and those in the Friant Division. While all north-of-Delta CVP contractors are currently at 100% of their supplies, south-of-Delta agricultural contractors deliveries are being increased from 35% to 40%. Last week, …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced a further increase in the State Water Project (SWP) water supply allocation to 40 percent, up from 30 percent announced last month. This is the third increase since the initial allocation announced in December 2023. DWR says the allocation update is based on …

The State Water Resources Control Board placed a groundwater subbasin on probation under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) for the first time last week. According to the state, the Tulare Lake Groundwater Subbasin in Kings and Tulare counties is critically over drafted and has a high number of wells …

The mood at the April snow survey was buoyant. Even Governor Gavin Newsom joined in tossing a snowball at the news that California has an above average snowpack for the second season in a row. The manual survey conducted by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) yesterday at Phillips Station …

Several mid to late February storms improved hydrological conditions particularly for Northern California, causing the Bureau of Reclamation to announce an increase in Central Valley Project 2024 water supply allocations. “Thanks to the improved hydrology, we are pleased to announce a bump in water supply allocations for the Central Valley …