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	eNews Special Edition - March 30, 2010	1.1 MB
E-mail: cwpcom@water.ca.gov Fax: 916-651-9289 Postal mail: Attn: Paul Massera Strategic Water Planning Statewide Integrated Water Management California Department of Water Resources PO Box 942836 , Sacramento , CA 94236-0001		How do I get a printed copy?

Secretary's Message

"The strategies outlined in these pages provide the means to manage resources comprehensively; from snowmelt to estuary, from field to tap, and all of the uses within the watershed".

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Video of former Director Snow giving his address at the Plenary meeting on 10-15-09 (.wmv, 35 MB)

Director's Foreword

"Update 2009 spells out the urgencies that demand action: dealing with longer and more pronounced droughts, increased flood risk, threats to the environment, impaired water bodies, and aging infrastructure".

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Highlights

	An Overview of Update 2009	3.6 MB
		Printer-friendly, single-page version 3.6 MB
		Japanese translation of the Highlights 1.3 MB
		Spanish translation of the Highlights 12 MB

Volume 1 - Strategic Plan

Chapter	Title	Download Full: 30 MB
	Volume 1 presents the strategic plan elements of Update 2009 - vision, mission, 7 goals, 10 guiding principles, 13 objectives, 115+ related actions, and 9 cross-cutting recommendations. It describes current water conditions, challenges, and activities; future uncertainties and climate change impacts; three scenarios for 2050; and a roadmap for improving data and analytical tools needed for integrated water management and sustainability. It incorporates the provisions of the 2009 comprehensive water package legislation, as well as the companion plans or 21 State agencies into the Update 2009 strategies and implementation plan.	0.8 MB
	Table of Contents, Credits and Acknowledgements	0.7 MB
01	Introduction	4.5 MB
02	Imperative to Act	0.9 MB
03	Companion State Plans	0.9 MB
04	California Water Today	17.4 MB
05	Managing an Uncertain Future	2.1 MB
06	Integrated Data and Analysis	2.2 MB
07	Implementation Plan	0.9 MB

Volume 2 - Resource Management Strategies

Chapter	Title	Download Full: 20 MB
	Volume 2 describes 27+ resource management strategies that can help meet various Water Plan objectives. Regional managers can mix and match strategies into response packages, crafting them to provide multiple water and resource benefits, diversify their water portfolio, and become more regionally self-sufficient.	0.8 MB
	Table of Contents, Credits and Acknowledgements	0.2 MB
1	Introduction	0.7 MB
Reduce Water Demand
2	Agricultural Water Use Efficiency	1.2 MB
3	Urban Water Use Efficiency	1.0 MB
Improve Operational Efficiency and Transfers
4	Conveyance -- Delta	0.8 MB
5	Conveyance -- Regional / local	0.8 MB
6	System Reoperation	1.0 MB
7	Water Transfers	0.6 MB
Increase Water Supply
8	Conjunctive Management & Groundwater	2.7 MB
9	Desalination	0.8 MB
10	Precipitation Enhancement	0.9 MB
11	Recycled Municipal Water	1.1 MB
12	Surface Storage -- CALFED	0.7 MB
13	Surface Storage -- Regional / Local	0.5 MB
Improve Water Quality
14	Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution	0.9 MB
15	Groundwater and Aquifer Remediation	0.6 MB
16	Matching Water Quality to Use	0.6 MB
17	Pollution Prevention	0.7 MB
18	Salt and Salinity Management	1.9 MB
19	Urban Runoff Management	0.8 MB
Practice Resources Stewardship
20	Agricultural Lands Stewardship	0.9 MB
21	Economic Incentives (Loans, Grants, and Water Pricing)	0.6 MB
22	Ecosystem Restoration	0.6 MB
23	Forest Management	0.9 MB
24	Land Use Planning and Management	1.1 MB
25	Recharge Areas Protection	0.6 MB
26	Water-dependent Recreation	0.7 MB
27	Watershed Management	0.7 MB
Improve Flood Management
28	Flood Risk Management	0.6 MB
Other
29	Other Strategies	0.8 MB

Volume 3 - Regional Reports

Report	Title	Download
	Volume 3 is a set of 12 regional reports. Each regional booklet includes a water balance summary - water use and water supply - for years 1998 through 2005 and scenario results that project the region's water needs through year 2050 with the use of three alternative future scenarios and 12 climate change scenarios.
NC	North Coast	7.9 MB
SFB	San Francisco Bay	6.9 MB
CC	Central Coast	8.8 MB
SC	South Coast	21.6 MB
SR	Sacramento River	9.2 MB
SJR	San Joaquin River	9.3 MB
TL	Tulare Lake	10.2 MB
NL	North Lahontan	7.3 MB
SL	South Lahontan	8.6 MB
CR	Colorado River	5.6 MB
Delta	Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta	4.4 MB
MC	Mountain Counties	10.8 MB

Volume 4 - Reference Guide

Topics	Art. No.	Article	Download
Introduction		In what is informally called "The Encyclopedia Water Plan," Volume 4 includes over 120 reference articles related to and used in preparing Update 2009, as well as a glossary of terms used throughout the other volumes. The articles are grouped under 21 topics.
Background	1	A Look Back at Past California Water Plans	0.1 MB
	2	Process Guide: California Water Plan Update 2009	0.1 MB
	3	List of State Companion Plans	0.4 MB
	4	Progress toward Implementation of Update 2005 Recommendations	0.3 MB
	5	Testimony of Mark Cowin at Little Hoover Commission	0.3 MB
	6	Water Allocation, Use and Regulation in California	0.1 MB
	7	Water Chronology, WEF, 2008	0.1 MB
	8	Water Plan Update 2009 Glossary	0.2 MB
Climate Change	1	2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy	9.4 MB
	2	Accounting For Climate Change	0.3 MB
	3	Adapting California's Water Management to Climate Change	1.1 MB
	4	California's Climate Adaption Water Strategy: An Analysis of Implications for Individual and Community Rights and Responsibilities	2.1 MB
	5	Climate Action Team: Biennial Report	3.8 MB
	6	Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature	1.3 MB
	7	Climate Change and Water	(.mht, 0.2 MB)
	8	Climate Change Scenarios and Sea Level Rise Estimates	3.4 MB
	9	Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for California's Water	3.3 MB
	10	Internalizing Climate Change - Scientific Resource Management and the Climate Change Challenges	2.6 MB
	11	IRWM Climate Change Document Clearing House	0.3 MB
	12	Overview of Climate-Change Scenarios being Analyzed (and provided) by the California Climate Action Team	0.2 MB
	13	Population projections for California climate change scenarios, February 2008	0.1 MB
	14	The Future is Now (Summary)	2.8 MB
	15	The Future is Now: An Update on Climate Change Science Impacts and Response Options for CA	7.9 MB
	16	The State of Climate Change Science for Water Resources Operations, Planning, and Management	3.8 MB
	17	USGS Circular 1331	(.mht, 0.2 MB)
	18	Using Future Climate Change Projections	3.0 MB
	19	WETCAT IPA - Implementing a Public Goods Charge for Water	0.7 MB
Crop Water Use	1	ACASA	0.2 MB
	2	Calculating California Cropping Patterns in 2050	2.6 MB
	3	Central Valley Crop Classification Processing Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies	0.4 MB
	4	CUP Plus (Consumptive Use Program Plus) Model	0.1 MB
	5	Delta Evapotranspiration of Applied Water (DETAW)	0.3 MB
	6	Definition of Ag and Urban Applied Water Use	0.1 MB
	7	Evaporation Research -- A Review and Interpretation	0.3 MB
	8	Evapotranspiration and Relative Contribution by the Soil and the Plant	0.8 MB
	9	Evapotranspiration from a Satellite-Based Surface Energy Balance for the Snake Plain Aquifer in Idaho	0.3 MB
	10	Limits to the Productivity of Water in Crop Production	0.4 MB
	11	Model for Estimating Evaporation and Transpiration from Row Crops	1.9 MB
	12	National Weather Service Reference Evapotranspiration Forecast	0.1 MB
	13	Satellite Imagery Can Support Water Planning in the Central Valley	1.7 MB
	14	SC- SIMETAW (Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water)	0.2 MB
	15	SIMETAW (Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water)	0.2 MB
	16	SIMETAW II	0.7 MB
	17	Surface Renewal	0.3 MB
	18	The Promise of Regulated Deficit Irrigation in California's Orchards and Vineyards	0.1 MB
	19	Wetland Water Use	0.1 MB
Data and Analytical Tools	1	A Strategic Analysis Framework for Managing Water in California. September 2005	0.2 MB
	2	Economic Modeling of Agriculture and Water in California	3.3 MB
	3	Future Quantitative Analysis for California Water Planning	0.1 MB
	4	Improving Analytical Procedures Used to Describe Future Water Conditions for the California Water Plan	0.1 MB
	5	Integrated Scenario Analysis for the 2009 California Water Plan Update	7.3 MB
	6	Overview: Shared Vision Planning Workshop	0.4 MB
	7	Recommended Next Steps for Improving Quantitative Information for the California Water Plan	0.1 MB
	8	Regional and Statewide Water Management Responses to an Uncertain Future	0.6 MB
	9	Revised Work Plan for Near Term Quantitative Support	1.5 MB
	10	Status Report on Preliminary Operations Simulations to Assess the Effects of Water Resources Challenges and Management Responses	3.3 MB
	11	Survey of Irrigation Methods in California in 2001	0.3 MB
	12	Technical Notes to Survey of Irrigation Methods in California in 2001	1.2 MB
	13	Water Management Lessons for California	1.8 MB
Delta	1	Our Vision for ''The California Delta" [4-page flier]	1.0 MB
	2	Context Memoranda Summary Report, January 2008, A Support Document (Staff Report)	1.0 MB
	3	Foundation Concepts and Some Initial Activities to Restore Ecosystem Functions to the California Delta First Draft	8.0 MB
	4	Glossary of Delta and Suisun Initiatives (Oct 2008)	0.2 MB
	5	To: John Kirlin, Exec Dir, Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force Subject: Delta Levees and Ecosystem Function	1.3 MB
Drought	1	Drought Contingency Plan - Table of Responses to Public Comments	4.5 MB
Economics	1	Comparing Changes in Applied Water Use (working Draft)	0.1 MB
Economics	2	Comparing Changes in Applied Water Use (spreadsheet)	0.1 MB
Energy	1	Energy Requirements for Water Desalination [Figure]	0.2 MB
	2	2005 Integrated Energy Policy Report Committee Report	5.6 MB
	3	Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water	4.7 MB
Environmental Justice	1	Environmental Justice in California Government	2.4 MB
Environmental Justice	2	General Plan Guidelines Chapter 2: Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice	0.7 MB
Environment	1	A Fresh Perspective for Managing Water in California: Insights from Applying the European Water Framework Directive to the Russian River	8.2 MB
	2	Applying the Public Trust Doctrine to River Protection	0.1 MB
	3	Considering Water Use Efficiency for the Environmental Sector	0.2 MB
	4	Flow Recommendations to the State Water Resources Control Board	2.4 MB
	5	Improving managed environmental water use: Shasta River flow and temperature modeling [PhD dissertation]	16.8 MB
	6	Managed Environmental Water Use Efficiency - Evidence in Practice	1.9 MB
	7	Recommendations Regarding Scenarios and Application of Environmental Water "Demands" in the State Water Plan Update & Quantification of Unmet Environmental Objectives in State Water Plan 2003 Using Actual Flow Data for 1998, 2000, and 2001	0.3 MB
Floods and Flooding	1	2007 California Flood Legislation, Summary	1.7 MB
Floods and Flooding	2	2007 California Flood Legislation, Companion Reference	1.8 MB
Hydrology	1	California River Indices	0.2 MB
	2	Frequency of a 100 Year Flood	0.1 MB
	3	Major Floods Since 1950	0.1 MB
Infrastructure	1	CALFED Bay Delta Surface Storage Investigations Progress Report	4.8 MB
	2	California Reservoir Summary	0.2 MB
	3	California's Major Water Projects	0.1 MB
Landscape Water Use	1	20 x 2020 Water Conservation Plan	5.0 MB
	2	Urban Landscape Evapotranspiration	0.1 MB
	3	Vegetative Assessment in an Urban Environment	5.1 MB
Legislation	1	A Handy Guide to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act 2004	0.2 MB
	2	Recent Water, Energy and Related Legislation Bills Chaptered between 2006 and 2009	0.2 MB
	3	Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010	4.3 MB
	4	The Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies	1.3 MB
	5	Water Package 2009 Factsheet	1.8 MB
Litigation and Law	1	Chronology of Major Litigation Involving The Central Valley Project And The State Water Project	1.2 MB
	2	Selected Litigation Affecting the Delta	0.9 MB
	3	Summary of Significant Litigation 2005 - 2009	0.1 MB
Planning	1	"Addressing California's Uncertain Water Future by Coordinating Long-Term Land Use and Water Planning: Is a Water Element in the General Plan the Next Step?"	1.6 MB
	2	Collaborative Versus Technocratic Policymaking: California's Statewide Water Plan	3.6 MB
	3	Financing Strategies and Guidelines for Funding Water Resource Projects	0.1 MB
	4	Finding Water for Growth: New Sources, New Tools, New Challenges	0.4 MB
	5	Future Food Production and Consumption in California Under Alternative Scenarios	0.2 MB
	6	Strategic Planning Guidelines	0.5 MB
	7	Water for Growth: California's New Frontier	4.5 MB
Sustainability	1	Draft Statistical Compendium to Populate the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable Indicator Framework as of Feb 5, 2008	1.5 MB
	2	ACWA Environmental and Economic Sustainability Policy Principles	0.3 MB
	3	Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable Indicator Framework	0.3 MB
	4	Sustainability Watergroup Memo	0.6 MB
	5	Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable, March 2010 Report	4.0 MB
	6	A Time for Changing Values, Ideas and Solutions in Water Management: Addressing Sustainability of California's Communities	0.8 MB
Tribal history and consultation	1	2009 California Tribal Water Summit Proceedings	10.2 MB
	2	Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians	2.3 MB
	3	Letter to California Tribal Leader	0.3 MB
	4	Plenary Topic Table	0.1 MB
	5	The Federal Tribal Trust Relationship	0.3 MB
	6	The Doctrine of Reserved Water Rights	0.1 MB
	7	Tribal Communication Plan	1.9 MB
Water Quality	1	California Nonpoint Source Encyclopedia	7.9 MB
	2	California Water Quality, 2009	0.2 MB
	3	NRDC - How Greening California Cities Can Address Water Resources and Climate Challenges in the 21st Century.	2.4 MB
Water Rights	1	California Water Rights	10.2 MB
	2	Ch 15 Federal Interests. See 15.12 Indian Reserved Rights (California Water Law and Policy)	2.8 MB
	3	Federal Reserve Water Rights	0.3 MB
	4	Flexibility in the California Water Rights System[.ppt]	0.4 MB
	5	Letter to Delta Vision (9-18-07)	1.3 MB
	6	The Water Rights Process	0.5 MB
	7	Water Rights: Issues and Perspectives	0.8 MB

Volume 5 - Technical Guide

The Technical Guide is organized and formatted as a Web portal to document the assumptions, data, analytical tools, and methods used to prepare content for Update 2009: http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/technical/cwpu2009/

Subject Indexes

Water Quality ( 0.2 MB)
Flood (, 0.1 MB)
Climate Change ( , 0.1 MB)

Errata Sheet Corrections

NOTE 1:

The electronic files on this Web site have been corrected, but the printed copies and/or CD-ROM previously distributed have not been corrected.

Volume 1, Chapter 4, Figure 4-13 had been too closely cropped, eliminating the title. The title and figure number have been added back in. | Corrected Figure 4-13

Volume 3, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Regional Report, Figure D-1 had CFS data incorrectly shown as TAF. The correct TAF data is now shown in the figure. | Corrected Figure D-1

NOTE 2:

For the list below, the electronic files on this Web page and CD-ROM have not been corrected, nor have the printed copies previously distributed. Listed below are figures and/or tables where the source data has been revised. Please, refer to Update 2009's Technical Guide for the corrected data.

Highlights: California Water Balance, p. 4
Hightlights: Water Balance by Region, p. 5
Volume 1, Chapter 4, Figure 4-7, California water balance by year, 1998-2005, p. 4-21
Volume 1, Chapter 4, Table 4-2, California water balance summary, 1998-2005, p. 4-22
Volume 1, Chapter 4, Figure 4-8, Water balance by region for water year 2005, p. 4-24
Volume 3, Regional Reports: NC, SF, CC, SL - Water balance Figure and Table

How do I request a printed copy?

The Final California Water Plan Update 2009 (Bulletin 160) printed report will be available beginning July 2010 through the Department's Publications Office: http://www.water.ca.gov/publications/.

For printed copies of Bulletin 160-09, The California Water Plan Update,
submit ORDER FORM (, 81 kb) to:

California Department of Water Resources
Attn: Publications Office
P.O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA 94236-0001
(916) 653-1097
imr-publications@water.ca.gov

If you need this publication in alternate form, contact the Public Affairs Office, 1-800-272-8869

Please, consider the environment before ordering a hard copy of Update 2009.

Please, specify the printed material you are requesting:

Highlights (includes CD-rom of Volume 1-4 and Tribal Information CD-rom)
Volume 1 - Strategic Plan
Volume 2 - Resource Management Strategies

Volume 3 includes a set of 10 hydrologic regional reports and 2 areas of interest. Please, let us know which Regional Report/s you are requesting. Each booklet contains a CD-rom of Vol. 1-4.
Volume 3 - North Coast (NC) Regional Report
Volume 3 - San Francisco Bay (SFB) Regional Report
Volume 3 - Central Coast (CC) Regional Report
Volume 3 - South Coast (SC) Regional Report
Volume 3 - Sacramento River (SR) Regional Report
Volume 3 - San Joaquin River (SJR) Regional Report
Volume 3 - Tulare Lake (TL) Regional Report
Volume 3 - North Lahontan (NL) Regional Report
Volume 3 - South Lahontan (SL) Regional Report
Volume 3 - Colorado River (CR) Regional Report
Volume 3 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area
Volume 3 - Mountain Counties area