State Water Project - Reservoir Monitoring

Science activity #49949, updated 29 April 2022

State Water Project - Reservoir Monitoring

Description / purpose

The State Water Project (DWR) is responsible for maintaining and monitoring water levels in several key reservoirs in California. The reservoirs of focus (largest capacity) within the CVP are Oroville, San Luis, Pyramid, Perris, and Castaic. San Luis is jointly monitored by USBR and DWR. Reservoir storage, elevation, inflow, and outflow are monitored daily, with some parameters at certain reservoirs being monitored hourly or monthly, and reported to the California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) for public access.

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

None specified

Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (1996)
2 In progress / Ongoing (1996 - 2019)
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

DLIS-06 [OAKLEY AREA] , BYRON TRACT , DLIS-01 [PITTSBURG AREA] , VEALE TRACT

Products and outputs

Title	Description	Views
California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)	The California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) install	1
CDEC Daily Reservoir Storage for California	Provides daily reservoir information for selected	1
Dayflow	This monitoring activity is used in CDWR's calcula	1

Type and context

Science action area

Unspecified

Management themes

Water supply management

Science themes

Environmental conditions , Habitat changes , Land use and human activities

Types

None specified

Science functions

None specified

Management actions

Water operations , Water storage , Water conveyance / infrastructure

Science Topics

Water storage , Surface water flow , Stage , Flood , Main channels

Lead implementing organization

California Department of Water Resource [DWR]

Partner implementing organizations

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]

Funding organizations

None specified

Funding programs

None specified

Funding sources

None specified