California Water Action Plan (2016 Update)

State of California | January 1st, 2016

Summary

California is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in memory. The 2016 water year is off to a good start, but with four consecutive dry years and the record l

California Water Plan 2013: Sacramento River Hydrologic Region Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 30th, 2014

Summary

The Sacramento River Hydrologic Region (see Figure SR-1 includes the entire California drainage area of the Sacramento River (the state’s largest river) and its tributa

California Water Plan 2013: San Francisco Bay Hydrologic Region Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 30th, 2014

Summary

The San Francisco Bay Hydrologic Region (Bay Region) has many significant water management challenges — sustaining water supply, water quality, and the ecosystems in an

California’s Water: Protecting Headwaters

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | October 1st, 2016

Summary

Mountainous regions provide most of the state’s water supply. But major problems loom— from a growing risk of wildfires to a shrinking snowpack. This brief outlin

Climate Action Plan, Phase 3: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | February 14th, 2019

Summary

Climate change impacts have been widely documented globally, across the nation, and within the state. Loss of snowpack; longer, more frequent heat waves; and longer, more

Climate Change and the Delta

University of California, Davis (UC Davis) | October 1st, 2016

Summary

Climate change amounts to a fast approaching, “new” stressor in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta system. In response to California’s extreme natural hydroclimatic

Climate Change: Evaluating Your Local and Regional Water Resources

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | February 1st, 2015

Summary

Ongoing changes in climate, particularly rises in air temperature, are influencing water resources throughout the world, with shifts in the timing of precipitation, reduc

Climatological Characteristics of Atmospheric Rivers and Their Inland Penetration over the Western United States

American Meteorological Society (AMS) | January 24th, 2014

Summary

Narrow corridors of water vapor transport known as atmospheric rivers (ARs) contribute to extreme precipitation and flooding along the West Coast of the United States, bu

Connecting the dots between water, energy, food, and ecosystems issues for Integrated Water Management in a changing climate

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | March 7th, 2017

Summary

Global climate change creates critical challenges through increasing temperature, reducing snowpack, and changing precipitation for water, energy, and food, as well as fo

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