How California Reservoir Water Levels Will Change, According to Predictions Published Oct 13, 2023 at 2:21 PM EDT Updated Oct 13, 2023 at 2:23 PM EDT ...

The reservoir, planned in the western Sacramento Valley, would store as much as 1.5 million acre-feet of Sacramento River water, alarming environmental groups that say drawing more water from the ...

Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, has experienced dramatic swings in water levels over recent years, reflecting broader challenges in the state's management of water resources.

California’s state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still only exists on paper. So, kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for deciding ...

California reservoir water levels tend to continue improving through the spring snowmelt season. Once dry, warm weather arrives in the summer, the levels begin to decline.

The Biden administration and eight California water agencies have reached an agreement to share in the costs of raising a dam to expand San Luis Reservoir, a nearly $1-billion project intended to ...

A fter years of drought that left California's reservoirs critically depleted, three back-to-back wet winters have shifted the state's water outlook. As of April 2025, reservoir levels across much ...

Located in Butte County, about 30 miles southeast of Chico, Lake Oroville is the state’s second-largest reservoir. At 84% full, the lake held a third more water — a total of 133% — of ...

California reservoir water ordered released from dams by Trump didn’t help farms or Los Angeles. By Ian James, Jessica Garrison and Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times. Published: February 4, 2025.

“The abundant water is expected to recharge the groundwater in the next few months, as we have seen during similar events in 2011 and 2017,” said Pang-Wei Liu, a scientist at NASA’s Goddard ...