California voters approved Proposition 1 in 2014 to spend billions on new reservoirs and other water projects. But they aren’t ready as another drought arrives. New CA dams, water reservoirs ...

I’d just written a column pointing out that California already has lots of dams — 1,400-plus — and used up almost all the practical places to build more. Advertisement ...

CALIFORNIA’S BIGGEST DAMS. Largest reservoirs in California by year built, with reservoir size, dam height and location: Shasta: (1945) 4.5 million acre feet – 521 feet – Shasta County ...

Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir in the state and the cornerstone of California’s Central Valley Project, a complex water system made of 19 dams and reservoirs as well as more than 500 miles ...

Despite California’s drought, a proposed statewide November ballot measure to speed up the construction of new dams and other large water projects — and provide billions of dollars to fund ...

A dozen days of wet and wild weather haven't ended the drought, and won't cure the driest period in the West in the past 1,200 years.

The US Army Corps of Engineers opened two dams on Friday in Central California and let roughly 2.2 billion gallons of water flow out of reservoirs, after President Donald Trump ordered the release ...

More photos of California's reservoirs show how this year's historic rainfall totals have replenished water levels in some drought-stricken areas. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Nearly 19 million Californians live in drought-affected areas, even as California's reservoirs maintain above-average levels. Map of drought levels across California as of December 31, 2024.

Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats Aerial snow survey above Sierra Nevada range. (Airborne Snow Observatories) ...

Risky reservoirs: California counties where aging dams pose the greatest threat Record rainfall pelted parts of Iowa for 12 hours straight in July 2010, sending 10 inches of rainwater draining ...

As a wet winter continues to fill California reservoirs, water managers set their sights on flood prevention Thursday and Friday by releasing water from stockpiles to make room for approaching ...