California Water Supply Overview Robert Shibatani CEO & Consulting Hydrologist The SHIBATANI GROUP, Inc.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

1 San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority WEF- Central Valley Tour April 23, 2014 Mission Statement : To effectively protect the Exchange.

Advertisements

1 NODOS/Sites Reservoir: A Local Perspective Glenn Colusa Irrigation District July 2009.

. Achieving California’s Water Supply and Delta Ecological Improvement Simultaneously. Achieving California’s Water Supply and Delta Ecological Improvement.

F Sherman Island Sacramento River San Joaquin River God, United Methodists, Nature, and California Water.

A Climate Driven Model of the Water Resources of The Sacramento and San Joaquin Hydrologic Regions: Model Structure and Data Inputs Brian Joyce, Stockholm.

Cynthia Palmer – Forecaster National Weather Service – Sacramento.

1 Overview of Water Law and Policy University of San Francisco School of Law Water Law Class 1 January 13, 2010 David Sandino Chief Counsel California.

Overview of California’s System Yield Threats, Challenges, and the Need to Augment and Diversify Water Portfolios Robert Shibatani CEO & Principal Hydrologist.

Groundwater as a Statewide Resource Professor Richard E. Howitt Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis Professor Jay R. Lund Civil & Environmental.

Water Resource Division San Joaquin County Water Resource Management Planning Update C. Mel Lytle, Ph.D. Water Resource Coordinator San Joaquin County.

ASSESSING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES: THREE WESTERN U.S. CASE STUDIES Dennis P. Lettenmaier Department of Civil and Environmental.

California Water Issues AGST 3000 Agriculture, Society and the Natural World

WY 2015 – El Niño to the Rescue? Urban Water Institute August 13, 2014.

California Drought 2014 Charlton October 22, 2014.

Water in California: Self-induced Scarcity Waterscape International Group.

Drought and the Central Valley Project August 2014.

1 Regional Report San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region.

CALAFCO 2007 Annual Conference SUSTAINABILITY LAFCO’s Role in Meeting the Challenge Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Hyatt Regency, Sacramento 2007 California.

Fresno County Water Crisis and Opportunities. The Delta And Our Water Supply In August 2007 the Federal Court ruled that the Delta Smelt was in danger.

To San Francisco The Delta Sacramento River  Stockton San Joaquin River California Aqueduct Clifton Court Forebay California depends on fresh water from.

Urban Water Institute Conference August 22,

Municipal Water District of Orange County 2015 Water Supply Report February 10, 2015.

Integrating Water Management Statewide Integrated Water Management (IWM) Gary Bardini, Deputy Director IWM Rijkswaterstaat & California Coordination Kickoff.

Cost Allocation Studies for the MP Region Bureau of Reclamation April 29, 2008 Central Valley Project Cost Allocation Study Update Public Meeting #2: October.

Urban Water Institute Annual Water Conference August 27, 2015 S ITES R ESERVOIR P ROJECT

Alan F. Hamlet Andrew W. Wood Dennis P. Lettenmaier JISAO Center for Science in the Earth System Climate Impacts Group and Department of Civil and Environmental.

California Geology - 4 California Water Project California has several major rivers, canals, and aqueducts.

44 th Annual Mid-Pacific Region 2011 Water Users Conference Water Supply Outlook Reno, Nevada January 26-28, 2011.

46 th Annual Mid-Pacific Region 2013 Water Users Conference Water Supply Outlook Reno, Nevada January 23-25, 2013.

Modeling Impacts of Policy Responses to Prolonged and Severe Drought in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin Dr. James F. Booker, Siena College Douglas T.

California’s Water Supply Chris Scheuring California Farm Bureau Federation.

1 Climate Warming & California’s Water Future Jay R. Lund, Richard E. Howitt, Marion W. Jenkins, Tingju Zhu, Stacy K. Tanaka, Manuel Pulido, Melanie Taubert,

Study for Fish Screens at Existing Delta Facilities Dr. Leah Orloff Water Resources Manager CUWA Board MeetingJuly 24, 2009.

IMPROVING MILLERTON LAKE FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS TO INCREASE WATER SUPPLY Mr. Antonio M. Buelna, P.E. Mr. Douglas DeFlitch Ms. Katie Lee October 29, 2009.

1 Trends in California Water Management CALAFCO Conference Monterey, CA September 9, 2005 Robert Shibatani & Mark Horne EIP Associates.

Where to From Here Jerry Johns, DWR EWA Development of OCAP Proposal.

Cost Allocation Studies for the MP Region Bureau of Reclamation April 29, 2008 Central Valley Project Cost Allocation Study Update Public Meeting March.

AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL FROM THE FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL WATER CAUCUS CALIFORNIA WATER SOLUTIONS NOW.

Assign Annual Demand for a Purpose CALSIM Simulation Compare the Long-term Average Annual Friant Unit Delivery to Benchmark Study CALSIM Simulation Completed.

Hydrologic Conditions Update and Outlook for Flood Season December 2013 Hydrology and Flood Operations Office Division of Flood Management Department.

UNDERSTANDING THE DELTA - AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE.

California Water Dialog March 24, 2010 Jerry Johns Deputy Director California Department of Water Resources.

September 23, 2010 Overview of DWR’s Flood Management Activities Related to the Delta A Briefing to the Delta Stewardship Council 1.

1 December 19, 2007 North-of-the-Delta Offstream Storage Project Overview State of California Department of Water Resources U.S. Department of the Interior.

1 Optimizing Flexibility and Value in California’s Water System Jay R. Lund Richard E. Howitt Marion W. Jenkins Stacy K. Tanaka Civil and Environmental.

Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation ACWA Regions 9 and 10 Carlsbad Water Summit U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation State.

Project Status South Delta Improvements Program Project Status November 2003.

CVPIA §3406(b)(2) Water Operations on the Sacramento River Sacramento River Conservation Area Forum Technical Advisory Committee February 7, 2012.

1 September 13, 2007 North-of-the-Delta Offstream Storage ACWA Regions 9 and 10 Carlsbad Water Summit North-of-the-Delta Offstream Storage ACWA Regions.

California Water Plan Update Advisory Committee Meeting January 20, 2005.

SWP/CVP Operations for Delta Salinity Management John Leahigh Principal Engineer State Water Project Water Operations California Department of Water Resources.

California Water Plan Old and New Steve Macaulay, Executive Director.

California Water Briefing APRIL 2006 Department of Water Resources.

Drought Management Sheri Looper CVP Water Resource Specialist.

Metropolitan’s SWP Supply Forecasting and Optimal Scheduling CWEMF Annual Meeting February 27, 2007 Peter Louie Metropolitan Water District of So. California.

Draft example: Indicators for water supply reliability and storage projects Presented by Steve Roberts (Department of Water Resources, Storage Investigations)

Human Modifications (historical, modern) Altered Processes that Stress Ecosystem Function (physical, biological, chemical) Indicators of Poor Ecosystem.

CRFS Technical Committee Fall Meeting LC Operations Update December 8, 2015.

1 California’s Water Market: Overall Trends and Southern California’s Role Ellen Hanak Public Policy Institute of California Presentation to So. Cal. Water.

Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian

Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN)

Delta Water Conveyance — Water Project Operations and Risks

Climate Change and Potential Effects on California Water Operations

David A. Sandino Chief Counsel

Ajay Goyal Department of Water Resources August 9, 2007

Ajay Goyal Department of Water Resources August 9, 2007

Summary of COA and Addendum

Urban Water Institute 24th Annual Conference Oroville Dam

James Gilbert, PhD Nancy Parker

Agenda Item 9A: Sites Project

Presentation transcript:

California Water Supply Overview Robert Shibatani CEO & Consulting Hydrologist The SHIBATANI GROUP, Inc.

California’s Annual Average Water Summary (MAF) 1998 (171% of normal) WET 2000 (97% of normal) NORMAL 2001 (72% of normal) DRY Total Supply (P  & Imports) Total Use, Outflows, & E  /ET Net Storage Change Distribution of Dedicated Supply Urban Uses7.8 (8%)8.9 (11%)8.6 (13%) Agricultural27.3 (29%)34.2 (41%)33.7 (52%) Environmental59.4 (63%)39.4 (48%)22.5 (35%) Total Dedicated Supply

 Hydrological perspective – California is not water short  Allocation and Conveyance  Managing within existing infrastructure  Managing within existing environmental constraints

Storage in Major CVP Reservoirs (TAF) – October 26, 2009 ReservoirCapacity15 Yr Average WY 2009WY 2010% of 15-Yr Average Trinity2,4481,5641, Shasta4,5522,5901,3021,73067 Oroville (SWP)3,5382,0291,0591,30664 Folsom New Melones2,4201,5961,1031,11270 Fed. San Luis Millerton Total CVP11,3606,5953,7924,42067

Major Reservoir Releases (cfs) – October 26, 2009 WatershedDamWY 2009WY Yr Median TrinityLewiston SacramentoKeswick6,9705,850 FeatherOroville1,7002,0002,400 AmericanNimbus1,0061,7971,883 StanislausGoodwin4701, San JoaquinFriant

Accumulated Precipitation for Water Year to Date (inches) – October 26, 2009 ReservoirCurrent WY 2010 Driest WY 1977 Wettest WY 1983 Ave (N Yrs) % of Ave Last 24 Hours Trinity at Fish Hatchery (47) Sacramento at Shasta (52) American at Blue Canyon (34) Stanislaus at New Melones (31) San Joaquin at Huntington Lake (34) 00.00

ANADROMOUS FISHSMELT/STRIPED BASS

 CVP-OCAP uncertainty  RPAs on both DOI/DOC BiOps  Salvage monitoring at the pumps  OMR flow monitoring  Pending Judge O. Wanger Decisions  Ongoing BDCP  FLOODSafe

Long-term threats?  Reduced Exports  Increasingly stringent In- Delta WQ standards  Standard Term 91  Federal Shortage Policy changes (M&I and Ag)  Accommodations for flood control  Climate change effects  What does it all mean to water purveyors?