Department of Water Resources

Snowpack still below average despite winter storms

The state's Department of Water Resources conducted a manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday…

3 years ago

Sierra Nevada snowpack at twice the average level

The latest survey of the Sierra Nevada snowpack Tuesday found what a state water official called "practically a California water…

5 years ago

Sierra snowpack sags at two-thirds of average

A survey of the Sierra snowpack Thursday shows it is only at 67 percent of average.

5 years ago

Hetch Hetchy repairs underway after storm damage

Repairs on the Moccasin Dam and Reservoir in Tuolumne County, operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, have begun…

6 years ago

Lake Oroville spillway ‘was an accident waiting to happen’

The badly damaged main concrete spillway at Oroville Dam was pounded by massive volumes of stormwater this month, but its…

7 years ago

Flood fears raise questions over Lake Oroville spillway

Engineers have known for decades that if water ever spilled onto Lake Oroville's unpaved auxiliary spillway, it would cause serious…

7 years ago

Drought, wildfires steepen flood, mudslide risk

Officials warn that drought, wildfire scars and winter weather conditions have combined to increase the potential risks of flash flooding…

8 years ago

State installs $30 million Delta ‘barrier’

Construction on a $30 million emergency barrier to prevent salt water from entering drinking water supplies began this week.

9 years ago

Drought squeezes food bank produce

Second Harvest Food Bank is concerned that another drought year for California could reduce its supply of surplus food.

9 years ago

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