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An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a biennial review of the monitoring, modeling, and other relevant scientific activities and initiatives that support the long-term operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP). Along with the State Water Project, the CVP consists of coordinated federal-state water operations that annually move millions of acre-feet of water from Northern California to a wide variety of water users throughout the state, including municipalities, agriculture, industries and wildlife refuges. Operation of the CVP affects species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
Consensus Study Report
·2026
Billions of gallons of water per day are channeled from northern California to drier Central and Southern California through the network of dams, canals, and other features that comprise the federal Central Valley Project (CVP), operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), and the State Water...
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