State Water Board Drought Year Water Actions

Watershed Analysis

At the start of 2014, Division of Water Rights staff began drought related water availability analysis. The following is a summary of our drought related water availability analysis for each of the following years. This webpage is updated frequently.

2017 Water Availability Analysis

• Term 91 Analysis (Water Year 2017) - Updated Weekly
• Scott River Watershed (water year 2017) - Updated Weekly

2016 Water Availability Analysis

• Term 91 Analysis
• Scott River Watershed (water year 2016) - Updated Weekly

2015 Water Availability Analysis

• Term 91 Analysis
• 2010-2013 Average Demand Dataset - Updated February 20, 2015
• 2015 Informational Order Demand Dataset (12.7 MB) - Updated April 8, 2015
• 2015 Informational Order Demand Dataset (with embedded calculations) (41.53 MB) - Updated June 15, 2015
• Combined Sacramento-San Joaquin Watershed with Delta - Updated August 21, 2015
  • Supporting Analysis Spreadsheet (18.44 MB)
• Sacramento River Watershed
  • Yuba River Watershed - Updated October 16, 2015
  • American River Watershed - Updated October 16, 2015
  • Sacramento River with Pro-Rated Delta Demand - Updated November 2, 2015
    • Supporting Analysis Spreadsheet (18.31 MB)
• Sacramento River with North Delta Demand - Updated September 10, 2015
  • Supporting Analysis Spreadsheet (18.31 MB)
• San Joaquin River Watershed
  • San Joaquin River with Pro-Rated Delta Demand - Updated October 27, 2015
  • Stanislaus River Tributary - Updated October 16, 2015
  • Tuolumne River Tributary - Updated October 16, 2015
  • Merced River Tributary - Updated October 16, 2015
  • Upper San Joaquin River Watershed - Updated October 16, 2015
• Scott River Watershed (10/1/2014 to 1/4/2016)

2014 Curtailment Release Analysis Graphs

• Sacramento & San Joaquin River Basin Release Analysis - Updated January 30, 2015
• Russian River Basin Release Analysis - Updated January 30, 2015
• North Fork Eel River & Main Stem Eel River Release Analysis - Updated January 30, 2015

2014 Post-Curtailment Analysis Graphs

• Sacramento River Basin Curtailment - Updated October 23, 2014
• Yuba River Tributary (pending update)
• San Joaquin River Basin Curtailment - Updated October 23, 2014
• Stanislaus River Tributary (pending update)
• Tuolumne River Tributary (pending update)
• Merced River Tributary (pending update)
• Russian River above Healdsburg Curtailment - Updated October 10, 2014
• North Fork & Main Stem Eel River Curtailment - Updated October 23, 2014
• Van Duzen River Curtailment (Eel River tributary) - Updated September 9, 2014, Curtailment lifted September 3, 2014

2014 Pre-Curtailment Analysis Graphs

• Sacramento-San Joaquin Watershed (Basin-Wide)
  • Stanislaus River
  • Tuolumne River
  • Upper San Joaquin River (pending analysis)
  • Merced River
  • Yuba River
    
• Russian River
  • Russian River above Healdsburg
    
• Eel River
  • Middle Fork Eel River
  • North Fork and Main Stem Eel River
  • Van Duzen River
    

Contact Information

• Drought Year Hotline (916) 341-5342

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(Updated 7/26/17)