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Public Affairs Office
Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA 94236
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NOTE: This information may have been superseded by later
news releases. These items are listed here for archive purposes, only.
Energy related items are highlighted
in red.
- Funding for Water Use Efficiency Projects -- DWR
announces the release of the 2004 Water Use Efficiency Draft Proposal
Solicitation Package (PSP). Public comment due
by January 23, 2004. (12/12/03) more
...
- Salton Sea Conference -- DWR and the Water Education
Foundation sponsor this conference scheduled for January 21, 2004 in
Sacramento. A brochure providing details and registration information
is available. (12/10/03) more...
- Groundwater Grants/Loans -- DWR announces that application
packages for grants and loans for the Local Groundwater Assistance Program
are now available. (12/4/03) more
...
- County Land Use Surveys -- Four new digital land use surveys
are completed and available to the public. (12/3/03) 1999
Butte, 2001
Lake, 2003
Kings, 2002
San Benito
- Water Plan Update -- California Water Plan - Update 2003 announces
their December 12, 2003 Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. (12/3/03)
more...
- 2004 Water Allocation -- DWR today announced the initial allocation
for water delivery to the State Water Project Contractors. (12/1/03)
more...
November
- Farm Water Computer Models -- DWR and the University of California
at Davis have developed two state-of-the-art computer models for estimating
California agricultural water demand--available free. (11/14/03) more...
- New Centralized Groundwater Web Site -- The Groundwater Information
Center is a guide to programs, data and technical assistance offered
by DWR. (11/13/03) more...
- Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Project -- State and local agencies
this month completed the purchase of 1,166 acres in the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta, paving the way for the largest scale wetlands restoration
effort in the region. (11/7/03) more...
October
- DWR Electric Power Fund -- Annual
audited financial statements for years ended June 30, 2002 and 2003.
(10/31/03) more...
- Water Desalination Findings and Recommendations -- DWR is distributing
key findings and recommendations based on input and advice from the
Water Desalination Task Force. (10/23/03) more...
- Grant Application Rankings -- DWR will hold a public Conjunctive
Use Advisory Committee meeting on Monday, November 3, 2003 in Sacramento.
(10/23/03) more...
- Grant Application Workshops -- Application workshops for the
Infrastructure Rehabilitation Grant program will be held in various
California locations October 28 through 30. (10/23/03) more...
- Truckee River Operating Agreement -- The draft Truckee River
Operating Agreement is now available to the public. (10/22/03) more...
- "Show Me the Water" Guidebook Issued -- DWR has issued
a guidebook for Senate Bill 610 and Senate Bill 221 to assist water
suppliers, cities, and counties in integrating water and land use planning.
(10/17/03) more...
- Climate Change and California Water Resources Briefing -- DWR
will be taking part in a one-day briefing on "Climate Change and
California Water Resources" on November 6, 2003 in Sacramento,
presented by the Water Education Foundation. (10/16/03) more...
- Dam Levels Cut -- For safety, DWR today ordered California
American Water to lower water levels at San Clemente Dam. (10/9/03)
more...
- Groundwater Report Update Released -- DWR has announced the
release of the long-awaited "California's Groundwater, Bulletin
118 - Update 2003. (10/9/03) more...
- Stakeholder Briefing Draft -- The California Water Plan Update,
an Investment Guide for California’s Future has been posted on
the web for public review and comment by October 17, 2003. (10/6/03)
more...
September
- 2004 Revenue Requirement Determination
-- DWR releases revenue requirements for 2004. (9/18/03) more...
- Millerton Lake Event for Disabled Children -- DWR personnel
will participate in "Catch a Special Thrill for Kids" at the
Millerton Lake Recreation Area near Fresno on Saturday, October 4, 2003.
(9/16/03) more...
- Salmon Festival -- Water Resources Scientists offer environmental
expertise at American River Salmon Festival on October 11-12. (9/12/03)
more...
- Water Plan Meeting -- California Water Plan - Update 2003 announces
their September 19, 2003 Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. (9/10/03)
more...
- Salton Sea Restoration -- Legislation to implement the Colorado
River Quantification Settlement Agreement and to commit the State of
California to Salton Sea restoration has been signed by the Governor.
See Salton Sea photographs. (9/5/03) (Updated 9/15/03) more...
August
- San Joaquin Valley Extended Review Forum -- A briefing regarding
the California Water Plan Update 2003 is scheduled for September 3,
2003. (8/22/03) more...
- Water Plan Meeting -- California Water Plan - Update 2003 announces
their August 29, 2003 Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. (8/21/03)
more...
- Salton Sea Exhibit -- Free exhibit of color photographs showing
scenes and wildlife at the Salton Sea runs through August in Sacramento.
(8/7/03) more...
- Sacramento Valley Water Management Program -- DWR and USBR
are seeking public input (by September 5, 2003) to prepare programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report. (8/6/03)
more...
- Revenue Requirements -- DWR releases
proposed Revenue Requirement for 2004. (7/17/03) (Updated 8/6/03) more...
July
- Draft EIR/EIS for Comment -- State and Federal agencies release
Draft EIR/EIS on the Environmental Water Account. (7/14/03) more...
Draft EIR/EIS
- Water Plan Summer Workshops Calendar -- (7/7/03) more...
- Northern California Extended Review Forum -- A briefing regarding
the California Water Plan Update 2003 is scheduled for July 10th. (7/7/03)
more...
- 2003 Supplemental Revenue Requirement Filing.
(7/1/03) more...
- Grant Awards -- DWR announces the award of grants under the
Local Groundwater Assistance Fund (AB 303). (7/1/03) more...
June
- Free Fireworks Display -- A Fourth of July tradition continues
at Lake Oroville this year with a half-hour fireworks show at no cost
to the public. (6/25/03) more...
- Lakes and Reservoirs Draw Appreciation -- California recognizes
the vital importance of lakes and reservoirs by celebrating the first
week of July as Lake and Reservoir Appreciation Week. (6/25/03) more...
- Water Plan Meeting -- California Water Plan - Update 2003 announces
their June 27 Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. (6/23/03) more...
- No Emergency -- There is currently no emergency preventing
DWR employees from reporting to work in the Downtown area. If the situation
changes, this advisory will be updated to reflect new information. (6/20-25/03)
- Grant Applications Received -- DWR announces that 43 applications
have been received for the Proposition 13 Groundwater Recharge and Storage
Construction Programs. (6/17/03) more...
- Funding Recommendations -- DWR announces its recommendations
for Infrastructure Rehabilitation Grant program funding and provides
lists of recommended construction projects and feasibility studies for
FY 2002/03. (6/17/03) more...
(construction) more...
(feasibility study)
- Report on Floods in California -- DWR announces new recommendations
to reduce flood damage, preserve agriculture and restore the environment.
(6/11/03) more...
- Restructured Energy Contract --
Governor announces restructured
contract with Allegheny Energy Supply Company. (6/10/03) more...
- Revised Revenue Requirement --
DWR takes action to speed Governor's request to slice $1 billion from
electricity rates. (6/5/03) more...
May
- Deer Creek Water Exchange Pilot Program -- New web site. This
pilot program tests the effectiveness of increasing flows for fish transportation
in Deer Creek by seasonally substituting surface water for groundwater.
The program also implements and tests the effectiveness of newly developed
guidelines for program operations and management. (5/30/03) more...
- Lake Oroville Almost Full -- Lake Oroville is predicted to
be full sometime between Memorial Day weekend and the first week of
June. (5/23/03) more...
- Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Action -- DWR proposes
to adopt regulations establishing procedures for selection of private
architects, landscape architectural services, engineers, environmental
services, land surveyors and construction project management firms.
(5/16/03) more...
- Funding Recommendations Workshop -- DWR has scheduled a Public
Workshop on May 27 to announce its preliminary FY 2002-03 funding recommendations
for the Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program. (5/19/03) more...
- DWR Boosts Water Deliveries -- DWR announced today that most
State Water Project Contractors would receive 90 percent of their requested
deliveries. (5/16/03) more...
- Water Desalination Task Force Meeting -- DWR announces the
first meeting of the Water Desalination Task Force on May 29 in Sacramento.
(5/16/03) more...
- Water Plan Meeting -- California Water Plan - Update 2003 announces
their May 16 Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. (5/12/03) more...
- May is Water Awareness Month -- DWR plans special events and
outreach during the traditional May observance of Water Awareness Month.
(5/7/03) more...
- Funding Recommendations -- DWR announces its final funding
recommendations for the 2003 Proposition 13 Urban Water Conservation
Program Grant Application Package. (5/6/03) more...
- Task Force Meeting -- The Recycled Water Task Force announces
its eighth and final meeting to be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, in
Sacramento. (5/2/03) more...
- California Water Commission -- The California Water Commission
announces the Agenda for their May 9 meeting in Sacramento to consider
approval of regulations. (5/2/03) more...
April
- DWR Offers Free Bus Tours to Oroville Dam -- As part of Oroville's
Feather Fiesta Days celebration, the Department of Water Resources will
offer free bus tours to Oroville Dam on Saturday, May 10. (4/25/03)
more...
- SWP Allocation Update -- DWR announced, in Notice to SWP Contractors
No. 03-05, an increase in the 2003 allocation from 2.06 million acre-feet
to 2.89 million acre-feet, which is expected to meet 70 percent of most
SWP contractors' Table A amounts in 2003. (4/24/03) more...
- Great Map Giveaway -- DWR is closing its map library due to
decreased demand for maps and the high costs of paper maps. The existing
inventory will be given away at no charge on April 25 and 26. (4/18/03)
more...
- Public Review Draft of California's Groundwater - Just Released
-- The public review draft of the California's Groundwater (Bulletin
118) has been released and is available for a public comment period
that closes June 2, 2003. DWR welcomes your input through written comments
or participation in one of our workshops. (4/11/03) more...
- Increase in SWP Allocation -- DWR announced an increase in
the 2003 allocation from 1.86 million acre-feet of water to 2.06 million
acre-feet, which is expected to meet about 50 percent of most SWP contractors'
Table A amounts in 2003. DWR may revise the allocation as the year's
hydrologic and water supply conditions develop. (4/8/03) more...
- Oroville Trail Use Policy -- The transcript of the February
10, 2003 public meeting regarding trail use policy is now available
on-line. (4/8/03) more...
- Bulletin 132-01 Just Released -- Bulletin 132-01, Management
of the California State Water Project, discusses significant events
and issues affecting State Water Project management and operations from
January 1 through December 31, 2000. (4/8/03) more...
- Grant Applications -- Final applications for grants and loans
for the Groundwater Recharge and Groundwater Storage Construction Programs
are now available for review, and workshops have been scheduled. (4/4/03)
more...
- Recycled Water Task Force --The seventh Recycled Water Task
Force meeting has been rescheduled for April 29 to be held at the CAL/EPA
Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento. (4/3/03) more...
March
- AB 303 Grant Award Recommendations -- The Technical Advisory
Panel on Assembly Bill 303 will hold a public meeting on April 2, 2003.
AB 303 requires that grants under the Local Groundwater Management Assistance
program be based on recommendations of a Technical Advisory Panel. (3/24/03)
more...
- DWR Security Update -- DWR is significantly more secure and
vigilant than it was prior to September 11, 2001. (3/21/03) more...
- 2003 Article 21 Water Program Announced -- DWR has announced
that it will administer an Article 21 Water Program in 2003. The program
is available to those SWP contractors who have signed the Monterey Amendment.
(3/21/03) more...
- Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement -- After
collaspe of the QSA negotiations in 2002, the Governor convened months
of closed-door meetings among the State negotiating team and representatives
from four Southern California water agencies to reach a proposed QSA
package that was presented to the Department of the Interior. (3/17/03)
more...
- Public Workshop and Draft Funding Recommendations -- The Department
of Water Resources announces draft funding recommendations for the 2003
Proposition 13 Urban Water Conservation Grant Program. A Public Workshop
will be held April 3, 2003 in Sacramento. (3/12/03) more...
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Action
-- DWR proposes to adopt as permanent regulations the emergency regulations
that establish procedures for public participation in the determination
of a revenue requirement and standards for whether the revenue requirement
is just and reasonable. (3/7/03) more...
February
- Litigation Settlement Agreement - The settlement agreement
negotiated in response to a lawsuit filed in 1996 challenging the Monterey
Amendment (Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources
and Central Coast Water Authority) is available for review. (2/2703)
more...
- Scoping Period Extension For New EIR - DWR recently published
a Notice of Preparation for a new Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
for the Monterey Amendments to the State Water Project contracts and
a potential settlement agreement of the lawsuit filed in 1995 against
the Department of Water Resources (Planning and Conservation League
v. Department of Water Resources). DWR is extending the comment period
for the scoping period to March 28. (2/2703) more...
- Loans/Grants Public Workshop -- DWR announces that the Conjunctive
Use Advisory Committee will meet on February 24, 2003, and conduct an
educational public workshop on groundwater loans and grant applications.
(2/20/03) more...
- Public Workshop -- The 2002 Recycled Water Task Force is organizing
a public Workshop with the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
in conjunction with the WateReuse Association-California Section Annual
Conference, February 26, 2003 in San Francisco. (2/18/03) more...
- Water Plan Meeting -- California Water Plan - Update 2003 announces
their February 21, 2003 Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. (2/13/03)
more...
- IGSM2 Model Available -- The Integrated Groundwater-Surface
Water Model, IGSM2, is available from the Bay-Delta Office. (2/7/03)
more...
- 2003 Turn-Back Water Pool Program -- DWR is offering a 2003
Turn-Back Water Pool Program involving turn-back water pools A and B.
The program is available to interested SWP contractors, who may choose
to sell or buy turn-back pool water in one or both of these pools. (2/7/03)
more...
- Possible Dramatic Fluctuations in Feather River Flows Anticipated
-- A warning is being issued by the Department of Water Resources of
concern to anglers and others who may be affected by sudden increases
or decreases in Feather River flows downstream of the Thermalito Afterbay
Outlet near Oroville. (2/6/03) more...
- Loans Available for Water Supply Studies & Projects --
The Department of Water Resources has announced a loan program that
provides construction and feasibility study loans to local public agencies
for the development of local water supplies. (2/6/03) more...
- North Delta Improvements Project Public Scoping -- Public Scoping
sessions will be held in Walnut Grove on February 19th and in Sacramento
on February 20th for the North Delta Improvements EIR/EIS. (2/4/03)
more...
- Drought Preparedness Workshop -- The Department of Water Resources
and the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency are holding a public workshop
from 9 a.m. to noon on February 11, 2003 in Banning. (2/4/03) more...
January
- Where is California Taking Water Transfers? -- An editorial.
(1/31/03) more...
- Energy News -- DWR files lawsuit
against Allegheny Energy Supply Company. (1/31/03) more...
- New Web Site -- The Division of Operations and Maintenance
announces its new web site. (1/30/03) more...
- Public Meeting -- A public meeting has been scheduled for February
10th in Oroville to discuss the shared use of Lake Oroville recreational
trails. (1/29/03) more...
- DWR Releases Groundwater Loans and Grants Applications -- Draft
applications for loans and grants for the Proposition 13 Groundwater
Recharge and Groundwater Storage Construction programs are now available
for review. (1/27/03) more...
- Notice Of Preparation For New EIR -- DWR is publishing the
Notice of Preparation for a new Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The
new EIR is for the Monterey Amendments to the State Water Project contracts
and a potential settlement agreement of the lawsuit filed in 1995 against
the Department of Water Resources (Planning and Conservation League
v. Department of Water Resources, i.e. the Monterey Agreement litigation).
(1/24/03) more...
- 2003 SWP Allocation Increase -- DWR has increased the 2003
allocation of long-term contractors’ Table A water to 1.86 million
acre feet, or about 45 percent of their Table A amounts. (1/17/03) more...
- New Web Site for DPLA --The Division of Planning and Local
Assistance announces the new web site for Integrated Storage Investigations,
a cooperative water management program that brings together local water
insterests, CALFED agencies and stakeholders to cooperatively plan for
California's future water needs. (1/10/03) more...
- New Web Site for OWE -- The Office of Water Education announces
their new web site. (1/2/03) more...
- Task Force Meeting -- The 2002 Recycled Water Task Force announces
its Sixth Meeting to be held on January 10, 2003 at the Cal/EPA Building,
2nd Floor, Coastal Hearing Room, 1001 I Street, Sacramento (1/2/03)
more...
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