Flood Management
3310 El Camino Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95821
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 219000
Sacramento, CA 95821-9000
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DWR Produces New Advisory Floodplain Maps
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released new advisory floodplain maps for Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley cities and counties.Forecast-Coordinated Operations Program Grant Guidelines
Draft Flood Emergency Response Forecast-Coordinated Operations (F-CO) of Reservoirs Direct Grant Solicitation Package and Program Guidelines have been released for public review and comment. For more information, see http://www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe/news/. Comments or questions on the Guidelines and draft Project Solicitation Package should be directed to the DWR Program Manager, Mr. Jon Ericson, (915) 574-2612, jericson@water.ca.gov.DWR Produces New Advisory Floodplain Maps
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released new advisory floodplain maps for Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley cities and counties.Local Agency Reporting Requirements
Additions to the California Water Code include requirements for local levee maintaining agencies (Local Agencies) to submit to DWR, by September 30 each year, specific information relative to the Project Levees they operate and maintain. For more information, see the AB 156 fact sheet. (PDF: 1.7MB)The Department of Water Resources established the Division of Flood Management in November 1977, though flood forecasting and flood operations have been integral functions of the Department and its preceding agencies for about a century. The Department itself was created following severe flooding across Northern California in December 1955.
Today, the functions of statewide flood forecasting, flood operations, and other key flood emergency response activities are the primary missions of the Division's Hydrology and Flood Operations Office. Other components of the Division include the Delta-Suisun Marsh Office, the Flood Projects Office, the Levee Repairs and Floodplain Management Office, and the Flood Maintenance Office.
The Division of Flood Management, among several others, is carrying out the work of the Department's FloodSAFE California Program which partners with local, regional, state, tribal, and federal officials in creating sustainable, integrated flood management and emergency response systems throughout California.
