Lake Oroville Community Update for April 15, 2022.
DWR Updates
![Very little snow remains on the ground for the California Department of Water Resources' fourth snow survey of the 2022 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Snow-Survey/April-1-snow-survey.jpg?mw=200&hash=325136BD79BE90F9132B0337A92802F8)
On April 8, DWR published the Bulletin 120 and Water Supply Index (WSI) forecast update. The Bulletin 120 is a key tool for water managers across the state to understand how the melting Sierra Nevada snowpack will reach streams, rivers and eventually California reservoirs. The forecast also has important legal impacts for water rights holders acros ...
![An aerial drone view showing low water near the Enterprise Bridge at Lake Oroville on March 17, 2022](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2022_03_17_KG_4680_Oroville_drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=87C2297714670CABB891CE464AA955F8)
Lake Oroville Community Update for April 8, 2022.
![An aerial drone view showing low water under the Enterprise Bridge at Lake Oroville with a water elevation of 743 feet on March 17, 2022 in Butte County.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2022_03_17_KG_4700_Oroville_drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=516222F98AD68CC470604687B4847833)
Lake Oroville Community Update for April 1, 2022.
![An aerial drone view showing low water under the Enterprise Bridge at Lake Oroville with a water elevation of 743 feet on March 17, 2022.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2022_03_17_KG_4706_Oroville_drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=CD7062ADA736A5212CCA1D67AF5AC967)
Lake Oroville Community Update for March 25, 2022.
![Boaters on Lake Oroville on Jan. 25, 2022.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2022_01_25_AI_0076_Oro_LLevels.jpg?mw=200&hash=122AA52E4136CFC5DBA50B81CF9C5651)
Lake Oroville Community Update for March 18, 2022
![Faucet on with water.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Water-Images/pexels-nithin-pa-2574664.jpg?mw=200&hash=BD6CE1C15AB84CBD516FC2A1822A941B)
As California is gripped by a third year of dry conditions, sustainably managing our water systems and conserving water is more important than ever. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on average, 14 percent of the water treated by water systems is lost to leaks; often caused by aging infrastructure and occasionally land subsiden ...
![DWR environmental scientist Morgan Battey](/-/media/DWR-Images/People/morgan-battey.png?mw=200&hash=1D9567FC1F72A54B4496529D74451296)
DWR environmental scientists – Morgan Battey, Vanessa Velasco, and Chelsea Palisoc – shared their diverse contributions to protecting the environment in a week-long Instagram takeover as part of Women in Science Week.
![Aerial view of Lake Oroville on January 25, 2022](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2022_01_25_KG_3159_Oroville_drone.jpg?mw=200&hash=838C189D8EC0525CB2C952A84A24D79B)
![Image of groundwater well in Gridley. The wells pump water to flood fields and supply water for waterfowl.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Groundwater/KMG_Gray_Lodge_gw_19423.jpg?mw=200&hash=4F527D257BC1EAA020ABF9F7159B6D25)
California’s groundwater basins are a critical part of the state’s water supply for millions of people. Small communities rely on it, individual homes rely on it. It is a source of drinking water as well as irrigation for California’s agricultural community.