San Joaquin River

San Francisco Estuary Blueprint 2022

San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) | September 8th, 2022

In the past few years, the San Francisco Estuary region has confronted epic wildfires, historic rainfall intensity and flooding, and chronic drought. The whiplash of thes

In the past few years, the San Francisco Estuary region has confronted epic wildfires, historic rainfall intensity and flooding, and chronic drought. The whiplash of these events has confirmed that climate change has already begun to impact human and wildlife communities from Sacramento to San Francisco, and beyond. Furthermore, a global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted regional planning and project implementation everywhere, presenting new challenges to traditional processes and creating an unfamiliar working landscape for resource managers. Finally, the pervasive, horrific violence against Black, Brown, and Asian and Asian-American people has amplified long-term calls for racial justice, galvanizing new commitments to address historic and present inequity through every thread of our social fabric. These events have set the context for the multi-stakeholder process that updates the San Francisco Estuary Blueprint.

San Francisco Estuary Blueprint 2022 (Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the San Francisco Estuary)

San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) | March 16th, 2022

Click here for the definition of a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan)

Click here for the definition of a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan)

San Joaquin Basin Flood-MAR Watershed Studies Study Design Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 3rd, 2025

Click here to be taken to the California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies home page

Click here to be taken to the California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies home page

San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies Basin-wide Summary and Next Steps

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 3rd, 2025

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Jo

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Joaquin watersheds and a Basinwide Summary — deliver data-driven assessments of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation that reveal risks and consequences and call for bold, coordinated solutions. In the San Joaquin Basin, the effects of climate change will exacerbate long-standing water management challenges. As these reports quantify, every water management sector — flood, water supply (surface and groundwater), and ecosystems — is vulnerable. Without bold action, the basin and its watersheds face mounting threats to communities, economies, and ecosystems. Although each watershed has unique characteristics, all confront a future climate that is hotter and characterized by more extreme weather. For flood management, the 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan states clearly: Catastrophic flooding in the San Joaquin Basin is not a question of if, but when. Meanwhile, the reliability of water supplies is expected to worsen, and ecosystems face degradation.  Click here for the California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies home page

San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies Merced Watershed Study Area Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 3rd, 2025

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Jo

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Joaquin watersheds and a Basin-wide Summary — deliver data‑driven assessments of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation that reveal risks and consequences and call for bold, coordinated solutions. In the San Joaquin Basin, the effects of climate change will exacerbate long-standing water management challenges. As these reports quantify, every water management sector — flood, water supply (surface and groundwater), and ecosystems — is vulnerable. Without bold action, the basin and its watersheds face mounting threats to communities, economies, and ecosystems. Although each watershed has unique characteristics, all confront a future climate that is hotter and characterized by more extreme weather. For flood management, the 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan states clearly: Catastrophic flooding in the San Joaquin Basin is not a question of if, but when. Meanwhile, the reliability of water supplies is expected to worsen, and ecosystems face degradation. Click here for the California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies homepage

San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies Stanislaus Watershed Study Area Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 3rd, 2025

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Jo

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Joaquin watersheds and a Basin-wide Summary — deliver data‑driven assessments of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation that reveal risks and consequences and call for bold, coordinated solutions. In the San Joaquin Basin, the effects of climate change will exacerbate long-standing water management challenges. As these reports quantify, every water management sector — flood, water supply (surface and groundwater), and ecosystems — is vulnerable. Without bold action, the basin and its watersheds face mounting threats to communities, economies, and ecosystems. Although each watershed has unique characteristics, all confront a future climate that is hotter and characterized by more extreme weather. For flood management, the 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan states clearly: Catastrophic flooding in the San Joaquin Basin is not a question of if, but when. Meanwhile, the reliability of water supplies is expected to worsen, and ecosystems face degradation. Click here to be taken to the California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies homepage

San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies Tuolumne Watershed Study Area Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 3rd, 2025

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Jo

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Joaquin watersheds and a Basin-wide Summary — deliver data‑driven assessments of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation that reveal risks and consequences and call for bold, coordinated solutions. In the San Joaquin Basin, the effects of climate change will exacerbate long-standing water management challenges. As these reports quantify, every water management sector — flood, water supply (surface and groundwater), and ecosystems — is vulnerable. Without bold action, the basin and its watersheds face mounting threats to communities, economies, and ecosystems. Although each watershed has unique characteristics, all confront a future climate that is hotter and characterized by more extreme weather. For flood management, the 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan states clearly: Catastrophic flooding in the San Joaquin Basin is not a question of if, but when. Meanwhile, the reliability of water supplies is expected to worsen, and ecosystems face degradation. Click here for the California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies home page

San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies Upper San Joaquin Watershed Study Area Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 3rd, 2025

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Jo

The San Joaquin Basin Flood‑MAR Watershed Studies (Watershed Studies) — comprising five watershed reports for Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced and Upper San Joaquin watersheds and a Basinwide Summary — deliver data‑driven assessments of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation that reveal risks and consequences and call for bold, coordinated solutions. In the San Joaquin Basin, the effects of climate change will exacerbate long-standing water management challenges. As these reports quantify, every water management sector — flood, water supply (surface and groundwater), and ecosystems — is vulnerable. Without bold action, the basin and its watersheds face mounting threats to communities, economies, and ecosystems. Although each watershed has unique characteristics, all confront a future climate that is hotter and characterized by more extreme weather. For flood management, the 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan states clearly: Catastrophic flooding in the San Joaquin Basin is not a question of if, but when. Meanwhile, the reliability of water supplies is expected to worsen, and ecosystems face degradation. Click here to be taken to California Department of Water Resources Watershed Studies homepage

San Joaquin River Flow and Southern Delta Salinity Technical Report

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | October 10th, 2011

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is in the process of reviewing the San Joaquin River (SJR) flow objectives for the protection of fish and wild

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is in the process of reviewing the San Joaquin River (SJR) flow objectives for the protection of fish and wildlife beneficial uses, water quality objectives for the protection of southern delta agricultural beneficial uses, and the program of implementation for those objectives contained in the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (2006 Bay-Delta Plan). The information and analytical tools described in this report (referred to hereafter as Draft Technical Report or Technical Report) are intended to provide the State Water Board with the scientific information and tools needed to consider potential changes to these objectives and the program of implementation. In this quasi-legislative process, State Water Board staff will propose amendments to the SJR flow and southern Delta salinity objectives and program of implementation contained in the 2006 Bay-Delta Plan, and will comply with the California Environmental Quality Act including preparation of a Substitute Environmental Document (SED). The proposed amendments will include revisions to these objectives for the reasonable protection of fish and wildlife, agriculture, and municipal and industrial beneficial uses, and a program of implementation. Any changes to water rights consistent with the revised program of implementation will be considered in a subsequent adjudicative proceeding.

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

San Joaquin River Restoration Program | December 13th, 2007