Report on the Delta Drought Response Pilot Program for Water Year 2023
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) | July 24th, 2024
This report describes the 2023 Delta Drought Response Pilot Program (DDRPP/Program), provides an analysis of the Program’s effectiveness, and describes the Program outcomes, including findings and recommendations for application in future agricultural water conservation programs. The DDRPP launched in January 2022 as a response to the continuing risk of drought in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed. This report focuses on the results of the 2023 Program, with a brief analysis comparing both years of the Program. For detailed information on the 2022 Program and 2022 analysis, see the 2022 DDRPP Final Report (Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, 2023).
Keywords
drought, flows, planning and management, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, water project operations