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Previous Drought Information
Water Year 2021
Water Year 2015
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
- Federal, State Agencies Plan Drought Operations for 2015 12/12/14
- Federal, State Agencies Plan Drought Operations for 2015 12/12/14
- Press Release - Reclamation Announces Revision of the Standard Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Plans
- Press Release - Reclamation to Close the Delta Cross Channel Gates
- Press Release - Reclamation to Increase Flows at Iron Gate Dam to Address Fish Health Concerns
- Press Release - Central Valley Project Begins Water Year 2015 with 3.1 Million Acre-Feet of Storage (2 Million Acre-Feet Less than WY 2014)
Drought Documents
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)
- 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)
- Proposal for a Revised Method for Calculating Cumulative Salvage Index Values
- Fish Monitoring Information
- Letter to FWS Requesting Implementation of Cumulative Salvage Index Proposal
- FWS Response to Transfer Window Vernalis Flows - October 1, 2014
- NMFS Response to Transfer Window Vernalis Flows - October 3, 2014
- SWRCB Order Modifying TUCP - Oct 7, 2014
- CVP and SWP Drought Contingency Plan - October 15, 2014 through January 15, 2015
Water Year 2014
Drought News
- Press Release - Federal Agencies and State of California Coordinating Response to Drought
- Press Release - MP Reclamation-NRCS Agricultural Grants
- CVP Water Supply Conditions
- Press Release - San Joaquin River Restoration Program to Cease Flows One Month Early
Drought Documents
- CVP and SWP Drought Operations Plan and Operational Forecast April 1, 2014 through Nov 15, 2014
- Current Implementation of the 2008 FWS & 2009 NMFS Biological Opinions
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