State Water Board Drought Year Water Actions

2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS

• OAL Approved 2015 Emergency Regulation issuing Informational Orders, Resolution No 2015-0075 (12/17/2015)
• Water Now Available to Junior Priority Rights in the Scott River (12/10/2015)
• Water Rights Permit to Capture Flood Flows for Groundwater Recharge/Storage
• Water Now Available to Post-1914 Water Rights in the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Delta Watersheds
• Water Now Available to Pre-1927 water rights in the Sacramento River watershed and Delta
• Water Now Available for Diversion for Senior Water Right Holders in the Yuba, American and San Joaquin River watersheds
• China Creek Informational Order to report actual and projected water diversions.(10/22/15)
• Water Now Available for Diversion by Senior Water Right Holders on the Sacramento, Feather River and Delta (08/18/15)
• State Water Board Order acting on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Temporary Urgency Change Petition (08/04/15)
• Drinking Water Drought Funding Status Map
• State Water Board issues Clarification Notice on Water Availability (07/15/15)
• Central Valley Regional Board Comment Regarding U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Temporary Urgency Change Petition (06/29/15)
• State Water Board Order Modifying and Renewing an Order - State & Federal Water Project's TUCP (07/03/15)
• Curtailment of Pre-1914 Appropriative Claims in the Upper San Joaquin & Merced River Watersheds
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Temporary Urgency Change Petition Regarding a Dissolved Oxygen Objective on the Stanislaus River
• Curtailment of Pre-1914 Appropriative Claims in the Sacramento-San Joaquin & Delta Watersheds
• Funding for Interim Emergency Drinking Water
• Russian River – Emergency Regulation Webpage Now Available (06/02/15)
• Deer Creek Juvenile Salmonid Pulse Flow Scheduled, Followed by Suspension of Order WR 2015-0019-DWR (06/02/15)
• Recommended Conservation Actions to Support Listed Salmonids During 2015 California Drought - Russian River (06/02/15)
• Notice of Suspension of Order WR-2015-0017-DWR (05/29/15)
• 401 Water Quality Certification for the 2015 Emergency Drought Barrier Project, signed May 4, 2015 (05/05/15)
• Revised Notice - Public Workshop: Drought Activities in the Bay-Delta (05/18/15)
• Public Workshop: Drought Activities in the Bay-Delta (05/01/15)
• Curtailment of Post-1914 Water Rights in the Sacramento River Watershed (05/01/15)
• Curtailment of Water Rights with Term 91 (04/30/15)
• Proposed Emergency Regulations to Achieve 25% Urban Conservation (04/29/15)
• Curtailment of Post-1914 Water Rights in the San Joaquin River Watershed (04/23/15)
• Curtailment of Junior Priority Class Rights in the Scott River Watershed (04/23/15)
• State Water Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife Joint Letter Requesting Voluntary Drought Initiatives in Certain Russian River Tributary Watersheds (04/21/15)
• State Water Board Order acting on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Temporary Urgency Change Petition
• Central Valley Regional Board Comment Regarding U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Temporary Urgency Change Petition (06/29/15) [NOTE: Checking on broken link]
• Order Modifying and Renewing an Order Regarding State Water Project & Central Valley Project Temporary Urgency Change Petition (07/03/15)
• State Water Board Order WR 2015-0019-DWR: Curtailment Order in the Matter of Diversion of Water from Deer Creek (04/17/15)
• State Water Board Revised Order - State Water Project & Central Valley Project Temporary Urgency Change Petition (04/06/15)
• Curtailment of Water Rights Expected Soon (04/2/15)
• Governor Brown Issues Executive Order For 25 Percent Reduction in Water Use (04/1/15)
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Temporary Urgency Change Petition Regarding a Dissolved Oxygen Objective on the Stanislaus River (06/17/15)
• Press Release - Governor Brown Directs First Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions (04/01/15)
• OAL Approved 2015 Emergency Regulation for Insufficient Flow for Specific Fisheries (3/30/15)
• OAL Approved 2015 Emergency Regulation issuing Informational Orders, Resolution No. 2015-0015 (03/30/15)
• OAL Approved Update of Emergency Water Conservation Regulations (03/27/15)
• Fact Sheet on Updated Conservation Regulations (03/27/15)
• Petitioners' Request to Modify 3/05/15 Revised Order Regarding Temporary Urgency Change for the State & Federal Water Project
• Updated Project Page
• Press Release - State Water Board Revises Order for State and Federal Water Project Operations During Drought (03/09/15)
• Online Informational Order and Template (2/5/15)
• Order Regarding State Water Project & Central Valley Project Temporary Urgency Change Petition (02/3/15)
• Updated Project Page
• State Water Project and Central Valley Project Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP), Workshop Notice and Notice of TUCP (01/23/15)
• Notice of Surface Water Shortage and Potential for Curtailment of Water Right Diversions for 2015 (01/23/15)
• State and Federal Water Projects Submit 2015 Drought Contingency Plan (01/15/15)
• Request to Modify San Joaquin River at Vernalis Salinity Requirements and Response (01/15/15)

2014 ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Temporary Curtailment Release for junior priority class water rights within the Scott River Watershed (12/3/2014)
• Temporary Curtailment Release for post-1953 water rights within the Sacramento & San Joaquin River Watersheds (11/19/2014)
• Notice of Curtailment Lifting for water rights within the Russian River Watershed (11/17/14)
• Drought Informational Orders
• Notice of Curtailment Lifting for pre-1954 water rights within the Sacramento & San Joaquin River Watersheds (11/12/2014)
• CVP and SWP Drought Contingency Plan, October 15, 2014 through January 15, 2015
• Division of Drinking Water Issued Curtailment Compliance Orders to 22 Public Water Systems
• Plan to Temporarily Lift Curtailments During Future Rainfall Events (10/3/14)
• Curtailments, Emergency Regulation, and Notices of Water Availability

(Updated 11/2/16)