1. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE 2014 Water Transfers Bill Croyle, Chief Drought Management Department of Water Resources DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE

2. DWR Water Transfers Initiatives 2013 Executive Order 2014 Drought Emergency Proclamations – Expedited Review and Processing of Voluntary Transfers California Water Action Plan – Tool during critical dry periods Drought Team – Interagency Working Group (USBR, SWRCB, CDFW, USFW, NMFS) – Buyers / Sellers (Aug 2013, Oct 2014) – RTDOT

3. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE 466,000 AF Total 306,000 AF DWR 12 Short-term and 3 Long-term 6 - Crop Idling 7 - Groundwater Substitution 5 - Reservoir Release Multi- benefit Transfers 2014 Water Transfers

4. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE 2014 Water Transfer Proposals

5. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE 2014 Process Improvements Improving Coordination and Alignment SWRCB, USBR, CDFW, USFW, NMFS Fast-Tracking With Appropriate Documentation Improving Contracting Procedures Updating Transfer Information on Web Outreach Tools Buyer/Seller Meetings Ensuring 1810(d) Findings to Protect the Environment

6. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE Process Streamlining

7. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE 2015 Transfers Continue to Expedite and Facilitate Proposals Continue to Improve Efficiencies – Internal Review Processes – Contracting Processes – Water Transfer Operations and Verification Methods Continue to Facilitate Coordination Meetings Multi-benefit Opportunities

8. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE 2015 Transfers (cont.) Continue To Foster Transparency Revised Technical Document for Transfers Launch Online Tool for Transfer Submittals Publish DWR Water Transfers History Working to Address challenges Early If Dry – Strike Team Approach

9. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE Thank You The governor asked all Californians to reduce water consumption by 20 percent and referred residents and water agencies to the Save Our Water campaign -- www.saveourh20.org

10. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE Flood Operations Center (916) 574-2619 Drought Management Operations Center (916) 574-2619 Public CDEC access - http://cdec.water.ca.gov Agency access - http://cdec4gov.water.ca.gov Call (916) 574-1777 to Apply Webcast Weather/Hydrology Briefings – wx_webcast-request@water.ca.gov Web Links Water Conditions: http://water.ca.gov/waterconditions/ Water Transfers: http://water.ca.gov/watertransfers/ Drought Page: http://water.ca.gov/waterconditions/drought/ Public Affairs: http://water.ca.gov/publicaffairs.cfm Information and Contacts