Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, has experienced dramatic swings in water levels over recent years, reflecting broader challenges in the state's management of water resources.

The 2024 “water year” — Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024 — featured average rainfall in comparison to that of the past 50 years, according to the report.

“The data doesn’t lie, and it is telling us that our water system is unprepared for California’s hotter and drier climate,” Newsom said in a statement.… News Today's news ...

As of 2023, about half of the water used for irrigation in California was drawn from groundwater directly underneath the farming operation, about 14 percent from surface water sources within the ...

California’s weather whiplash has left the Golden State in a place of severe uncertainty about its diminishing water supply and increasing human and environmental demands for water. Research ...

Lake Oroville has reached full capacity for the third year in a row, a first-ever milestone for California's second-largest reservoir, and now California Department of Water Resources (DWR ...