Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA 94236
Urban Levee Design Criteria Released by DWR
The Urban Levee Design Criteria, a document developed to provide criteria and guidance for design, construction,
operation, and maintenance of levees and floodwalls in urban and urbanizing areas, has been released as a final version.
Produced by the Department of Water Resources’ Division of Flood Management, the May 2012 document satisfies the requirement
in Senate Bill 5 and is among the DWR publications incorporated by reference into the Public Draft 2012 Central Valley
Flood Protection Plan. To view the document and identified implementation actions visit:
http://www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe/leveedesign/.
Public Hearings Scheduled for Draft Program Environmental Impact Report
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will hold four public hearings to receive comments on the Draft Program
Environmental Impact Report (DPEIR) (SCH # 2010102044) for the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP). Released for
public review and comment on March 6, the DPEIR will inform DWR and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board about potential
program-level environmental effects and mitigation measures from implementation of the CVFPP. The DPEIR and its companion
documents are available on the Publications page.
Written comments must be received at the physical or email address no later than 5 p.m. PST on Friday, April 20, 2012.
DWR News Release (PDF, March 8, 2012)
The Central Valley Flood Protection Board is holding public meetings in Sacramento this month and next on a draft, valley-wide flood protection plan. The meetings -- scheduled for March 22-23 and April 5-11 -- are steps in the Board's review of the flood plan submitted to it on December 30 by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). Under the Central Valley Flood Protection Act of 2008, the Board is scheduled to adopt the plan by July 1.
(03/16/2012)
News Release
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced a 45-day public comment period on the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (DPEIR) for the Public Draft 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP). Released on March 6, the DPEIR describes potential program-level environmental effects and mitigation measures related to components of the CVFPP. Comments on the DPEIR must be received no later than 5 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time), Friday, April 20, 2012.
(03/08/2012)
News Release
The Central Valley Flood Planning Office posted today several technical attachments of the Public Draft 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. Organized into five volumes, 24 of 30 technical attachments to the CVFPP are now available. The CVFPO anticipates it will release the remaining technical attachments by mid-February. To view the technical attachments, visit the "Publications" page or click HERE. Guidelines for submitting comments to the Public Draft 2012 CVFPP and its technical attachments are available on the Central Valley Flood Protection Board’s web site or click HERE.
(02/03/2012)
If you have comments, suggestions or concerns about CVFMP, please email us, or send a letter to the mailing address shown in the left menu.