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.
Lake Oroville Community Update for April 7, 2023.
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.
Lake Oroville Community Update for March 30, 2023.
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.
The series of storms that have hit California since the beginning of the year is translating to additional water for millions of Californians.
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.
Lake Oroville Community Update for March 24, 2023.
DWR is maintaining releases from Lake Oroville to the Feather River at 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).
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.