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California Department of Water Resources

1998 News Releases

NOTE: This information may have been superseded by later news releases. These items are listed here for archive purposes, only.

California Department of Water Resources snow surveyors invite reporters to join them for their first snow-water measurement of the winter on Tuesday, December 29. (12/23/98)
US Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and California Governor Pete Wilson released a Revised CALFED Phase II Report for public discussion.
California will play host to an international water conservation conference in Monterey January 31 - February 3, 1999. (12/1/98)
Take a break from holiday travel by pulling into one of several State Water Project visitors centers in California. (11/23/98)
California water districts are invited to take part in an international water conservation conference to be held in Monterey January 31 - February 3, 1999. (11/16/98)
The Department of Water Resources has compiled the final edition of the 1998 California Water Plan, a blueprint illustrating how water purveyors statewide are planning to deal with the increased demands being placed on the state's water supplies. (11/12/98)
California flood-fighters are well-prepared for the upcoming flood season, according to State water officials. (10/16/98)
Exhibits depicting California's water development will be shown at various locations during the fall and winter as part of California's 150th celebration of statehood. (9/22/98)
As large number of Chinese mitten crabs migrate west through the Delta toward San Francisco Bay for spawning, a Department of Water Resources flood management official summarized the current status of levee impacts of the crabs. (9/18/98)
The second largest reservoir in California and the largest reservoir in the State Water Project, Lake Oroville, is full, State water officals announced. (6/26/98)
A major, free fireworks display will illuminate Lake Oroville on the night of July 4. (6/24/98)
As summer nears, Lake Oroville is reaching ideal levels for boating and other water recreation. The second largest reservoir in California, Lake Oroville is open for public use, including boating, fishing and camping. (6/18/98)
On Saturday, June 20, a special fishing event for youngsters under 16 is scheduled at Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County. (6/17/98)
Two repair projects along the California Aqueduct are on schedule for completion in May. (5/14/98)
As California prepares to celebrate Water Awareness Month during May, officials noted that 1998 is a year of abundant water supplies. Special Water Awareness Month events are also listed. (4/24/98)
Under the authority of legislation signed by Governor Wilson after last year's floods, the California Department of Water Resources has launched a statewide floodplain mapping program. (4/16/98)
Bicyclists are invited to take part in a special ride along the California Aqueduct in the Antelope Valley area in Southern California on Saturday, May 16. (4/9/98)
A news media briefing on the California Aqueduct repair project at Mile 55 in southern Stanislaus County is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1 at the repair site. (3/31/98)
The Department of Water Resources has extended the public comment period on its five-year update of the California Water Plan through April 15, 1998. (3/25/98)
The Department of Water Resources plans to deliver 100 percent of the entitlement water requested for 1998 by its State Water Project contractors. (3/13/98)
Repair of a leak in a section of the California Aqueduct is scheduled to begin immediately in Stanislaus County. (2/27/98)
Because of a break in the recent weather cycle of storms, the Department of Water Resources has temporarily discontinued its daily flood-condition media briefings at the Flood Operations Center in Sacramento. (2/27/98)
The Director of the Department of Water Resources, David N. Kennedy, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions available to engineers. (2/25/98)
DWR will hold public hearings in Southern California on a new edition of the California Water Plan that forecasts a serious statewide water shortage early in the next century unless a variety of options is exercised. (2/13/98)
The Department of Water Resources began closing the gates of the Sacramento Weir as moderate flows in the Sacramento River resume. (2/13/98)
DWR will hold public hearings in Northern and Central California on a new edition of the California Water Plan that forecasts a serious statewide water shortage early in the next century unless a variety of options is exercised. (2/13/98)
DWR officials will hold daily news briefings this week at the State-Federal Flood Operations Center to assist news coverage of current storms and their impacts. The briefings start at 10:30 a.m. each day, through Friday. (2/3/98)
The Department of Water Resources has canceled workshop at Willows Memorial Hall to discuss off-stream water storage alternatives due to local flooding. The hall will instead be used as a flood shelter. (2/3/98)
DWR officials annnounced that a 42-foot boat that sank on January 23 has been safely recovered. (1/29/98)
DWR officials are working to salvage a 42-foot boat owned by the Department of Water Resources that sank Friday afternoon in Lake Oroville, the reservoir behind Oroville Dam. (1/24/98)
The Department of Water Resources is asking boaters and anglers not to disturb fish traps installed to estimate how river flow affects fish production and distribution. (1/16/98)
The Department of Water Resources has begun placing plastic sheeting along Arboga levee to assure maximum protection. (1/5/98)


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