DWR, Tribal representatives from across the state and southwest, along with federal, state, and local agencies will gather in Sacramento on April 11–13 to discuss California water issues and strategies towards watershed resilience at the fourth Tribal Water Summit.
DWR Updates
![A drone view of water levels at the Bidwell Bar Bridge located at Lake Oroville in Butte County. Photo taken March 8, 2023.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2023_03_08_FL_0319_Lake_Oroville.jpg?mw=200&hash=61E480B332D8E56C6EFCC23E93279518)
Lake Oroville Community Update for April 7, 2023.
![A drone provides an aerial view of the Lake Oroville Main Spillway as the California Department of Water Resources increased the water release to 35,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Friday afternoon. Main spillway releases will continue to manage lake levels in anticipation of forecast rain and snowmelt. Photo taken March 17, 2023.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2023_03_17_KJ_0042_Oroville_Spillway_Release_Drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=AC93DDF316A4F7DD63D855DB47B2840B)
DWR is maintaining releases from Lake Oroville to the Feather River at 10,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), with 1,900 cfs flowing through the low-flow channel within the City of Oroville.
![A drone provides an aerial view of the small cloud mist formed as water flows over the four energy dissipator blocks at the end of the Lake Oroville main spillway. The California Department of Water Resources increased the water release down the main spillway from 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 8,000 cfs. Main spillway releases will continue to manage lake levels in anticipation of rain and snowmelt. Photo taken March 10, 2023.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2023_03_10_KJ_0197_Oroville_Spillway_Release_Drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=27DCF9EDA93E0BF9AF059BE971AAEA77)
Lake Oroville Community Update for March 30, 2023.
![Matt Hurley, general manager, McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency, left, chats with Don Cameron, general manager of Terranova Ranch as they pose for this photograph near the primary pump for this groundwater recharge system designed to divert floodwater from the Kings River to areas of Terranova Ranch in Fresno County.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Groundwater/2023_03_13_AI_0265_Groundwater_Recharge.jpg?mw=200&hash=B825300D846C002759E5A83169A8C489)
Governor Newsom’s March 10 Executive Order makes it easier to capture water from storms to recharge groundwater supplies and replenish depleted groundwater basins while helping to reduce flood risk.
![With a view in Kern County, the 444-mile-long California Aqueduct transports water throughout California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/California-Aqueduct/2022_10_12_FL_0145_Check_24_Drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=A17753ED3F34F95AC9E96C126CC6C053)
The series of storms that have hit California since the beginning of the year is translating to additional water for millions of Californians.
![Lake Oroville water releases due to the March storms](/-/media/DWR-Images/Blogs/Images/2023_03_17_KJ_0614_Oroville_Spillway_Release.jpg?mw=200&hash=4736C3873982EBE7BCE5D2E2F59B2116)
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is maintaining releases from Lake Oroville to the Feather River at 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs). Due to maintenance work on a buoy line near the Thermalito Afterbay River Outlet, flows through the low-flow channel in the City of Oroville were temporarily increased today to a peak of 9,000 cfs.
![Oroville spillway on March 10, 2023](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2023_03_10_KJ_I_0020_Oroville_Spillway.jpg?mw=200&hash=A0387B3A0EC2C2E21EADCE905B2C378F)
Lake Oroville Community Update for March 24, 2023.
![Water flowing from main Oroville Spillway](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2023_03_17_KJ_0439_Oroville_Spillway_Release.jpg?mw=200&hash=60C613AB6C80F6D615145DB696D41E8E)
DWR is maintaining releases from Lake Oroville to the Feather River at 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).
![Oroville Spillway releases during the March storms](/-/media/DWR-Images/Blogs/Images/2023_03_17_KJ_0091_Oroville_Spillway_Drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=8E0A7D0DB6A85A70AA4C780301C2667E)
DWR continues to reduce releases from Lake Oroville to the Feather River. Water outflows from the lake were reduced to 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) today, with 4,000 cfs flowing through the low-flow channel within the City of Oroville.