The formal launch of California Water Plan 2028 has been announced. It is a multi-year effort modernizing water planning in response to water reliability challenges. Its supply target is a nine million acre-feet of state water supply by 2040. The target was chosen because it represents the amount of water supply the state could lose as climate change reduces snowpack and increases drought. It is roughly equal to two Shasta Reservoirs. The launch begins the first phase of work under Senate Bill 72, which was authored by Senator Anna Caballero. Caballero represents Senate District 14, which covers a major portion of Fresno, Madera and Merced counties. That bill mandates modernization of the California Water Plan by improving data and setting measurable supply targets. The Department of Water Resources will convene an advisory committee to create workplans to fulfill the required 2028 and 2033 updates. The work for the California Water Plan 2028 will focus on three main objectives. Collecting statewide datasets and creating planning models, creating local targets for long-term water supply, and creating strategies with nature-based solutions will be the primary focuses. The Department of Water Resources launched a website for the project available to the public.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The formal launch of California Water Plan 2028 has been announced. It is a multi-year effort modernizing water planning in response to water reliability challenges.
Its supply target is a nine million acre-feet of state water supply by 2040. The target was chosen because it represents the amount of water supply the state could lose as climate change reduces snowpack and increases drought. It is roughly equal to two Shasta Reservoirs.
The launch begins the first phase of work under Senate Bill 72, which was authored by Senator Anna Caballero. Caballero represents Senate District 14, which covers a major portion of Fresno, Madera and Merced counties.
That bill mandates modernization of the California Water Plan by improving data and setting measurable supply targets. The Department of Water Resources will convene an advisory committee to create workplans to fulfill the required 2028 and 2033 updates.
The work for the California Water Plan 2028 will focus on three main objectives. Collecting statewide datasets and creating planning models, creating local targets for long-term water supply, and creating strategies with nature-based solutions will be the primary focuses.
The Department of Water Resources launched a website for the project available to the public.