60-Day Public Comment Period Opens for Draft “Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models"

The California Department of Water Resources has released a Draft Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models (Water Budget Handbook), a single volume technical reference that systematically presents the existing, but previously uncompiled, information on various methods and data sources for developing water budgets. More information about the role and use of the Water Budget Handbook in developing water budgets can be found in a set of .frequently asked questions (FAQs)

The Water Budget Handbook and associated FAQs can also be found on the Sustainable Groundwater Management Office’s Data and Tools page under the reports section.

The comment period for this document closes on May 7th.

Comments can be submitted to Abdul Khan, by one of the following methods:

• Email: Comments should be sent to cwpcom@water.ca.gov
• Fax: 916-651-9289
• Postal mail: California Water Plan Update 2018

Strategic Water Planning Branch

Statewide Integrated Water Management

California Department of Water Resources

P.O. Box 942836 Sacramento, CA 94236-0001

Online Webinar

As part of the public review process, DWR will host a webinar in early March. It will be an opportunity to learn the details of The Water Budget Handbook and ask questions. The one-hour webinar will include some of the handbook’s authors. More information about the webinar will be available soon on DWR’s events page.