Mid-Pacific Region

Mid-Pacific Region Drought

Latest Drought Info

Shasta Temperature Management Plan (June 2015)

• Shasta Temperature Management Plan - Key Components 6/18/15 (pdf - 354 KB)
• Supplemental Graphics 6/18/15 (pdf - 535 KB)

Sacramento River Settlement Contractor Framework (April 2015)

• State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Framework for Water Operations in Fourth Year of Drought 4/20/15
• Update to 2015 Notification of Critical Year for Sacramento River Settlement (SRS) Contractors, Central Valley Project (CVP), California 4/21/15 (pdf - 656 KB)
• Sacramento River Framework Factsheet 4/17/15 (pdf - 111 KB)

State Water Project and Central Valley Project Temporary Urgency Change Petition - 1/23/15

CVP and SWP Drought Contingency Plan January 15, 2015 through September 30, 2015 - 1/15/15

Temporary Urgency Change Petition NOAA Fisheries and US Fish and Wildlife Service Concurrence Documents - 1/30/15

• Reinitiation of Endangered Species Act Consultation on the Coordinated Operations of the CVP and State Water Project (pdf - 1.8MB)
• NMFS Interim Contingency Plan for February and March (pdf - 2.58 MB)
• Matrix of Triggers for Delta Cross Channel Gate Operations (pdf - 307 KB)

Drought News

• State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Framework for Water Operations in Fourth Year of Drought 4/20/15
• Reclamation, Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts Resolve New Melones Pulse Flow Concerns 4/10/15
• Klamath Project 2015 Operations and Drought Plans Released Amid Extreme Drought 4/7/15
• Reclamation Provides Updated Central Valley Project Water Supply Information 3/27/15
• Reclamation Announces Initial Water Supply Allocation for Central Valley Project 2/27/15
• Delta Pumping Slowed to Avoid Drawing Smelt toward Pumps 12/12/14

Drought Documents

• Brood Year 2013 Winter-run Chinook Salmon Drought Operations and Monitoring Assessment (pdf - 1.99 MB)
• FWS Reinitialization Letter - 1/9/15
• Reclamation Consultation of the Delta Smelt Incidental Take Limit Reinitialization Memo (pdf - 506 KB)
  
• Response to Trinity Management Council Recommendations for 2015 Trinity River Flow Schedule (pdf - 229 KB)

With California in the midst of one of the driest winters on record, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency for the state on January 17, 2014 and directed state officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for drought conditions.

The governor's drought declaration came with a call for all Californians to do all they can to reduce water use 20%.

The governor directed Californians to the Save Our Water website -- a partnership between ACWA and the California Department of Water Resources -- to learn ways to reduce household water use, indoor and outdoor.

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